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I have no problem with the people. I have a massive problem with the society. Criticising one does not mean that I have a personal problem with the people who comprise that society.

It's all built on exploitation. Tourism is just another kind of exploitation. So, no, I think by telling people they should be thankful for their oppression, you were doing a shitty thing. That doesn't mean you're a shitty person, I just want you to reflect instead of brushing concerns under the rug.

Being "nice" won't get us to where we need to be. Solidarity and class consciousness will.

It's everyone's fault, collectively. We all need to rise up and overthrow the ruling class. To achieve that, we need to actually talk about the problems our current society has without taking it all personally, and reflect on how the structure of our society has created the problems we have. It's not about who specifically we have to blame, that's a distraction.

I'm a huge star wars fan, every time I hear star wars fans complaining about Star Wars it's literally just this:

fuck civic pride, are you kidding? you're telling people who have been priced out of their hometowns to shut up and appreciate the surge of shady shops selling tacky trash

You think having a government offers any form of protection against aggressive militarism?

If anything, it makes wars and invasions more appealing - if the infrastructure of control and oppression, the police, the military, the courts, etc. are all there, all they need to do is seize those levers of power.

If that infrastructure does not exist and a population is hostile to your attempts to impose it, you would effectively stand no chance against a determined resistance. There are no major military targets, no leaders to assassinate, no positions of power to leverage. They would need to keep boots on the ground to maintain power. And those soldiers, while constantly stationed in hostile territory, can't do anything else and would constantly find themselves under attack by decentralized militia forces - there would be very little hope for holding such territory, and as soon as the occupying force left, anarchy, and therefore peace and order, could once again be restored.

Because it is. Politics in all democracies is that way, the US is just letting the mask slip a little.

It's always been ruling class vs. the rest of us. Who the ruling class are changes and the means of oppression changes but the structure of rulers oppressing those beneath them has been constant all the way back to neolithic humans.

we have to have a government

Citation needed. I completely disagree.

This reminds me of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. We don't need to pick someone to "be in charge" to get shit done.

The death toll of capitalism is much, much higher than any of us can imagine. We should aim to have the most peaceful revolution possible, but we also should be realistic, and I know for a fact that the ruling class aren't going to go without a fight. We can starve them out, I believe, for the most part, but yeah, there will definitely be death and suffering, I can't deny that. But a lot of people are dying NOW. And for nothing. We can at least die trying to make a better world. That's something I'm willing to die for.

I'm wondering when the rest of you guys are going to realize that electoralism is a huge waste of time, effort and energy. Elections are a distraction to make us think we can effect change through the system. But the problem IS the system. There is only one way forward, and it's through a revolution that abolishes the entire existing structures of power.

We need to accept this reality, so we can actually start the long process of how to achieve that.

wait so the people doing the work don't get paid and the people who get paid steal from others?

that is just so uncharacteristic of capitalism, what a surprise