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Political mindset evolution (lemmy.ml)
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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

- rich people paying powerful people to get what they want is bad

- even without bribes/payoffs, powerful people in the USA have always only been rich people

- did I say USA? I meant the whole world

- we’re all gonna die if we don’t make sure people without money have a voice too, and convince powerful people not to keep polluting

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

we’re all gonna die if we don’t make sure people without money have a voice too, and convince powerful people not to keep polluting

You cannot convince Capitalists to "do the right thing." That was the common through-line of Utopian Socialist failures. I recommend reading Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2024
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