• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      The typical leftist sitting on their ass and whining online while they wait for a Glorious Revolution to usher in a golden age. If you want things to be better, you do what you can with what you have.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      Maybe from the other direction, too. A lot of people who think anything short of smashing shit up is unproductive. Which isn’t correct, either.

      Violent and non-violent methods go together. Peaceful protest needs to be more sustained than the bursts of activity we’ve had. But jumping right into smashing shit won’t work, either.

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        A lot of the people I know who want to jump straight into smashing shit have neither the desire or ability to help rebuild anything. They want the social media attention of being a smasher but would quickly sell out all of their positions if they had to do the silent work in the background to improve things.