• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    I don’t think anyone thought he did fix it all. But it’s the same way normal, sane, people end up fighting insurgencies against the government. They feel like they’ve exhausted every other avenue to solve big problems.

    We can’t count on the government. We can’t count on the doctors. And we certainly can’t count on the corporations themselves. What’s left?

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        Yeah, that’s the beginnings of people deciding government isn’t going to help them and they have to deal with this on their own. It should be scary as fuck because, especially under Trump, it’s going to lead to escalations in the security state which will only lead to escalations from the people.

        It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

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          Except they aren’t doing that. They’re calling on somebody else to do it for them. They keep saying, “we need another Luigi.” They’re not planning to do anything themselves. That’s pretty clear. This is a way of avoiding doing anything, not doing anything.

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            22 hours ago

            That’s not quite right in my opinion. Think of kids on the playground.

            You do it

            No you do it!

            They’re amping themselves up. Because they’re adults, and not talking about poking a bug with a stick, it will most likely stay that way until someone in that group is badly affected by the system. Or until someone provides leadership.

            Either way it’s trending towards violence.

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              14 hours ago

              Who in America who isn’t rich has not been badly affected by the system?

              Or until someone provides leadership.

              Yes, but no one wants to do that. Everyone wants “the next Luigi” to take care of the problem instead. It’s just an excuse to not do anything.

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                  13 hours ago

                  How long exactly is it going to take? Weeks? Months? Years? Because from what I can see, things are getting much worse. Rapidly.

                  And you are doing exactly what I am suggesting by just waiting for someone else to do things before you consider doing them.

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                    4 hours ago

                    Oh gosh there’s a misunderstanding here. I’m not asking for more political violence. I’m merely offering what I’ve observed and learned about this stuff. The time cycle is unpredictable but if conditions get worse then it’s a shorter cycle.