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[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The trick is how many more of us there are. The aristocracy seemed pretty complacent and untouchable, until one day when that changed.

Not saying it's gotta get to that point, but making people see the direct consequences of their greed would be so good for us all.

Unfortunately, getting to that point is almost guaranteed. While I'm not advocating it, I just don't see how a peaceful resolution to this issue is possible at this point.

The people with the power to fix it peacefully directly benefit from things being the way they are, and they've been rigging the game so replacing them with someone who wants to do the right thing is nearly impossible.

The question is how far will the 99% have to be pushed before the violence starts.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, you can sometimes redress grievances through collective action, but don’t ever expect these people to be held accountable without that. That’s not what the “justice” system is for.