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[–] Wiz@midwest.social 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's harder to build something than to destroy it. I'd you destroy a system with nothing to replace it, the rich and powerful will swoop into the power vacuum and gobble up more.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is very true. It has happened so many times.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One example of the top of my head: the collapse of the USSR.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Another example off the top of my head: the creation of the USSR.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yep, violent revolution rarely ends with better conditions for the people

[–] Prunebutt -2 points 1 month ago

Apart from you very ignorant take:

Who do you think makes revolutions turn violent? The revolutionaries, or the people trying to stop them?

[–] Prunebutt 1 points 1 month ago

It was me. I was the destroyed system. /s

[–] Prunebutt 1 points 1 month ago

Like what happened in every capitalist crisis in the last 70 years? O.o