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  • Well what I want doesn’t matter because I have no power. Are you saying peaceful gradual change never works at all? I agree it’s not working in the US at all. But ultimately it’s because that what those in power want. It would be a lot better if they allowed peaceful improvements, like has happened in some other countries, that’s what I’m saying. There’s also plenty of “proper revolutions” that end up with rich getting richer and poor getting poorer.






  • I mean it’s the classic revolutionary’s dilemma – does bringing the system down, which causes incredible amounts of death and suffering for the poor, worth it in the long run? IMHO it never is, because the system always finds the most painful and evil ways to go down, with no guarantee the next system is any better.

    Ideally the system itself improves over time like we saw happen in the 20th century in a lot of other countries, and social democracy takes over peacefully. But sometimes the capitalists won’t let that happen and insist on a tragic and violent decline instead.