• slickgoat@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    In my long study of history there is always a tipping point. 1789, 1840, 1905, 1917 - people just took power back, or made a serious effort to do the same. Not that it was perfect either. The history of humanity is one of struggle against the elites.

    In the case of the US, corporations being recognised as actual living, breathing human beings only made revolution a certainty. The only question is when? I’m an old fart, so I hopefully won’t be around to see the inevitable chaos.

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      1 day ago

      I’m an old fart, so I hopefully won’t be around to see the inevitable chaos.

      If you’ve got no stake in this and nothing to lose, you probably shouldn’t be giving advice.

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        19 hours ago

        I’ve got no advice to give. Just making a historical observation.

        Over time patterns in human societies emerge. Pointing them out doesn’t constitute advice, nor the promotion of events. Sadly, we can be prisoners of those events, mostly events that are beyond any individual’s control.

        Spotting smoke on a far distant ridgeline doesn’t cause the fire that comes roaring down towards your house.