Not givin’ up

  • krashmo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Oh shit, I forgot I have this magical capitalism destroying sword laying around. Let me just cut capitalism in half real quick (the long way so it’s harder to put back together) and then we can get back to eating all the pets like Marx intended.

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      3 months ago

      “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”

      ― Ursula K. Le Guin

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        3 months ago

        It’s very much like that. Few have the strength to wield it and they are often derided as psychopaths by their peers and those in power