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I have tried to make this point often but people absolutely hate it and don't want to listen. Yes, there is a lot of local action, lots of mobs and mobs going

by nickik 7y ago

I have tried to make this point often but people absolutely hate it and don't want to listen. Yes, there is a lot of local action, lots of mobs and mobs going after whatever. But the political outcome is often not determined by those action. I would however ague that those who can get the mob to act for them can get an advantage. Controlling the population and the mob matters quite a bit, just not as much as people who love the glorified revolution from the bottom like to think.

watwut 7y ago
There is massive difference between "powerful people shape ends more" and "the people at the bottom of the class hierarchy have enough problems that complaining about inequality or engaging in politics". The former is about low chance of massive success and low likelyhood of gaining chance. The latter is attempting to frame everyone who complains about inequality as unauthentic and attempt to pretend that lower class people don't complain.