#and capitalism is to blame

[howtostartarevolution]

So, let’s face it. One of my special interest ist the French Revolution. Or also revolutions in general, though I mostly stick to the French or American one so basically 18th century stuff. Maybe because todays „western“ world basically got born with that. The fall of monarchy and the slow triumph of democracy which, certain setbacks not withstanding, we still find ourselves on.

Especially as Democracy gets challenged once again by the current events of the world. Or maybe the question can also be asked: How much democracy is still in our democracies?

If we go back and look at the ideas that got formulated at the time „Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité“ or „All men (aka humans not the gender) are created equal“ or „There are certain and undeniable rights“ and so on… Or we look at the basic idea of democracy that political power is shared equally by every citizen. That they can invest that power of representatives in elections. And that only this act can legitimize a government and therefore its laws. 

Well, one has to ask oneself how much of that is actually still true, when capitalism has basically created a new aristocracy. Wealth is turned into political power and the „american dream“ is dead since long ago and birth and inherited wealth are the only factors who decide about your success in life today.

Of course there are one or two exceptions, just like in feudalism some people managed to rise beyond their station by education, or patronage or marriage. But at the core in todays society the fluidity between „classes“ has gotten very limited indeed. And while the superrich cruise the world fueling the furnace of climate change and throw their special parties where commoners can not reach them, we are getting very close to the mindset so infamously portrayed in the (only alleged) cry of Marie-Antoinette: „Let them eat cake“.

[niccocum]

So, let’s face it. My special interest ist the French Revolution. Or also revolutions in general, though I mostly stick to the French or American one so basically 18th century stuff. Maybe because todays „western“ world basically got born with that. The fall of monarchy and the slow triumph of democracy which, certain setbacks not withstanding, we still find ourselves on.

Especially as Democracy gets challenged once again by the current events of the world. Or maybe the question can also be asked: How much democracy is still in our democracies?

If we go back and look at the ideas that got formulated at the time „Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité“ or „All men (aka humans not the gender) are created equal“ or „There are certain and undeniable rights“ and so on… Or we look at the basic idea of democracy that political power is shared equally by every citizen. That they can invest that power of representatives in elections. And that only this act can legitimize a government and therefore its laws. 

Well, one has to ask oneself how much of that is actually still true, when capitalism has basically created a new aristocracy. Wealth is turned into political power and the „american dream“ is dead since long ago and birth and inherited wealth are the only factors who decide about your success in life today.

Of course there are one or two exceptions, just like in feudalism some people managed to rise beyond their station by education, or patronage or marriage. But at the core in todays society the fluidity between „classes“ has gotten very limited indeed. And while the superrich cruise the world fueling the furnace of climate change and throw their special parties where commoners can not reach them, we are getting very close to the mindset so infamously portrayed in the (only alleged) cry of Marie-Antoinette: „Let them eat cake“.

[angerydome]

I told a friend to keep an eye on their banks/cards because people are getting caught up in that recent data breach, and their response was,

“This is all capitalism’s fault.”

And I … err … is it??

[jimmybuffettdied]

The UHC CEO shooter deserves to go down in history. He deserves to be in every history book. The one person who finally spoke loud enough that the rich ALMOST heard him say, "THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE." because until he showed up, it was not even heard. People have been yelling it for years. Decades. It was ignored. The shooter was the first time they heard it. The first time they said, "Wait, are we the problem here?" albeit a momentary internal questioning on their part: it was asked.

Now, if they want to put a face on to the martyr and call it "Luigi" and make him an attractive person, all the better for us. We will raise him on our shoulders and say, "Well done, sir!"

Put him in the books. He is truly a just man and an honorable man. Remember that you chose him for us.

It is unfortunate that the common man, like myself, is slave to comfort and capitalism that we fear losing our home or our things - for if not for that, one CEO would only have been the first in a long line to instantaneous change.

Instead, this will likely be a blip in history. A time when nothing changed although it was glaringly obvious that it should have at that very moment. But at least one person stood up and shouted, "THIS ISN'T RIGHT!!"

Put him in the history books.

Call him Luigi.

Call him martyr.

Call him hero.

Don't let this moment be just a meme. Don't let this moment just be a second in time that is forgotten. Stop letting people who aren't even in the medical field determine whether or not people get the care they need. Stop allowing life saving treatments and medication cost more than anybody can afford. In fact, why are you charging for it at all? Stop letting people die. Look at the blood on your hands. That blood is why we don't see any on Luigi's... it is because of your decisions. Hear the people crying. We don't mourn CEOs. We mourn each other and the death of true humanity at the fingertips of CEOs.

[toughtttz]

Hate hate the censorship of art. The song says "rape" not "gr*pe" or some of egregious substitute. You shouldn't clutch your pearls and your wallet when someone says "murdered" instead of "unalived".

[istharaix]

People sleep on filler episodes SO MUCH. Like, sure, this episode isn't adding anything to the main plot, but it's developing the characters and their relationships which, you know what? will affect the way they act during the main plot!!!

Aside from that, i like knowing how the characters are when they are not suffering the horrors.

[t4tails]

i bring a sort of "there would be no problem whatsoever if we lived in a society with a universal income that didnt depend on wild variables to get jobs that are our only lifelines yet are still willing to fire us at the drop of a hat for something more profitable" vibe to the ai conversation that both pro and anti ai people dont really like

[cognitivejustice]

Fewer than 60 multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with five responsible for a quarter of that, based on the findings 

The branded half of the plastic was the responsibility of just 56 fast-moving consumer goods multinational companies, and a quarter of that was from just five companies.

Altria [Kraft] and Philip Morris International made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, Danone and Nestlé produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

“The industry likes to put the responsibility on the individual,” says the study’s author, Marcus Eriksen, a plastic pollution expert from The 5 Gyres Institute.

“But we’d like to point out that it’s the brands, it’s their choice for the kinds of packaging [they use] and for embracing this throwaway model of delivering their goods. That’s what’s causing the greatest abundance of trash.”

[silencespring]

Stop the violence!

[bikananjarrus]

if yord had lived he'd be leading the hunt for qimir and osha and we would've gotten the most delicious tension between him and qimir. qimir would start out frustrated that yord got away, intent on finishing what he started. and yord, once hunted, now hunter, once an exemplary jedi, and now solely focused on revenge disguised as righteous justice (which it is also a bit of that). and qimir starts to enjoy the game, the chase. and in this timeline, sol still dies, osha still goes with qimir, but yord was unconscious, recovering in a bacta tank, so all he knows when he wakes up is that qimir is out there and took osha, his friend, away. so then you also have the tension of that confrontation, the realization that osha has willingly turned, and that maybe yord can't blame her for that, because what has he been doing these past many months, years, maybe, but give in to the selfish desire to finish what he started too?

[hadesoftheladies]

"men are only bad because they're socialized to be violent :( without capitalism there'd be no patriarchy"

quick! who is doing the socializing! who is doing the socializing! no LOOK AT ME! hey *whistles* hey man just tell me just tell me who is doing the socializing if you could just tell me who is doing the socializing that would be so awesome haha!

"but their mothers don't tell them to put the seat back u--" I'm going to ask you very politely while clasping my hands and batting my eyelashes for you to shut up :)

[ponyrepress]

I think we need to blow up the mouthwashing tag on every social media site

Solid fucking agree 🚬🐴

[nando161mando]

Blaming climate refugees to avoid accountability

[uncanny-tranny]

I despise the idea that you can only do a certain art project once. You can only release an idea once in this world before you can't. You can't re-try, can't ever re-do, can't ever revise the idea or project because, like marble, it is sculpted and could never change.

You're allowed to paint the same subjects. You're allowed to write the same types of stories. You can crochet the exact same bags. Who cares about if your ideas are "unique" and "revolutionary to the art world"? You can do the same shit forever and ever. Art and love on planet earth <3

[soullessjack]

(seeing an alternative man with eyeliner and emo hair become a painfully normal buzz-faded diet hipster) who did this to you 🥺

[field-cryptobotanist]

The funniest part about delicious in dungeon for me is that I've gotten those exact reactions from people about eating regular blackberries or wild strawberries I just picked from the forest, like you're not ready for monsters if just foraging is a completely foreign concept