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History repeats itself, it's not the first time the bourgeoisie takes a hit, and it certainly won't be the last time. The top 10% of Americans own ~70% of the w
by lm28469 2y ago
History repeats itself, it's not the first time the bourgeoisie takes a hit, and it certainly won't be the last time. The top 10% of Americans own ~70% of the wealth, right before the French revolution it was about ~80%.
As long as they keep mocking us, accumulating more and more while telling us to work more, for longer, with less opportunities, less services, less dignity, &c. it'll get worse and worse, until it eventually snaps for real. Now that we have instant communication these inequalities are even more of an insult. The motive doesn't matter at that point, the people don't care, inequalities are so bad that being rich is enough of a crime.
Time to revisit: https://ia801906.us.archive.org/25/items/etienne-de-la-boetie-discours-de-la-servitude-volontaire/Etienne%20de%20La%20Boetie%20-%20Discours%20de%20la%20servitude%20volontaire.pdf https://ia801906.us.archive.org/25/items/etienne-de-la-boeti...
> Are we really so divided, so used to dehumanizing one another, that people are out here openly celebrating the cold-blooded murder of a hardworking family man?
"we" ? "we" who ? Nobody is divided on this question, from the far left to the far right seemingly everyone either don't care or rejoice, the only people who feel bad are the people in power, and there is no "we" here. A 200k/yr engineer has more in common with a min wage burger flipper than with these ghouls
It's like when a kid is getting mauled after repeatedly slapping a pitbull despite being told over and over again that it'll end badly, sorry not sorry. We keep celebrating revolutions, they shouldn't forget they also happen outside of history books