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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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Be honest and accurate please.
Razing the earth is not a goal of capitalism.
Capitalism does not give a fuck about processes. Its goal is simply money/wealth/value above all else. The consequence of the goal is not the goal.
If your statement became the new message of an anti-capitalist movement, and that would be awesome please do it, it would give the masses an easy lever for the powers that be to utilize against you.
A truth I hold is that the masses can make changes. It happens all the time by tacit approval. Simply not acting against something enough allows it to continue. But it takes numbers. Where when and how much changes, but the amount needed is always the same: enough IS enough
We the people only have power in numbers. Thats the only tool we get. If you get enough of us acting in unison we become a mob. And that is as much power as we will ever have against the powers that be. If the mob exceeds enough by enough it wont stop until it dissipates or is destroyed.
What im getting to(admitedly probably badly, apple oh geez) is that messy messages with inaccurate inclusions gives opponents to the message an easy tool to get people to dismiss it. Dont give them that tool. Because people can be very great, but en masse we are simple.
It takes people who dont understand a subject, acting for or against it, to make a change from the people. And if you dont know about something on your own, you are unlikely to trust a message that someone points to and says "you are wrong here, why should they believe you?” simple people have a pass or fail mentality when it comes to things they dont know enough about. It is why its so hard to keep people from breaking away from a movement.
Another truth i hold is that conservatives will always have an advantage because of the nature of that which i know vs that which is new. If the message never differs people will fall in line with accepting it eventually. And being conservative that means they will always have the advantage of the devil you know. New things will have unpredictable consequences. (Also predictable ones!) And thats enough of a barrier to keep people away from them until its been known long enough to be less risky.