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I’d post a Wikipedia link to the French Revolution, but I’m too chickenshit. Anyway, an important topic to read about if you want to be a member of a free, dem
by Gud 2mo ago
I’d post a Wikipedia link to the French Revolution, but I’m too chickenshit.
Anyway, an important topic to read about if you want to be a member of a free, democratic society.
- Refreeze5224 2mo agoYou don't have to go as far back as the French Revolution. Labor unions in the late 19th and early 20th century fought pitched battles against the exploitative billionaire equivalents of their day, and it was much easier for the rich to accept t labor's demands when they knew there was real risk of physical harm from the workers they were exploiting. If you work an 8 hour day, or your job can't subject you dangerous conditions with no recourse, thank militant unions who were willing to lay it on the line against greedy oppressors like Zuckerberg.
- Sohcahtoa82 2mo agoThese days though, you got half the population rooting for the billionaires. They'll tell people if they don't like their working conditions or pay, just find a new job.
- krunck 2mo agoThe division in our society was created by the ultra-wealthy for the ultra-wealthy. Until more people realize that we'll continue to be exploited by them.
- Sohcahtoa82 2mo agoCertainly, but I've seen an alarming number of people that acknowledge this source of division, and yet still rant against workers demanding better conditions and vote for politicians that are very open about not giving a shit about workers.
- phs318u 2mo agoRupert Murdoch was/is one of the best, most direct, most prolific (thanks to his massive media ownership) manipulators of public opinion for precisely this purpose. This cartoon nailed it. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGtZG6aFPtQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CGtZG6aFPtQ/
- wojciii 2mo agoI remember reading a recent sci-fi book where oil companies executives, oilgarks and other people who destroyed the environment were hunted down and killed in revenge for fucking up our common environment. Sooner or later people will decide that enough is enough.
- Insanity 2mo agoAny chance you remember the title of the book? Based on the fact you didn't post it outright might mean it's not worth reading though lol.
- wojciii 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_(novel) This is the book. I thought that this was a thought provoking book. Sooner or later the world will look like the one described in it if we don't change our ways. What we are doing is not sustainable.
- bjelkeman-again 2mo agoSounds like the book was The Ministry of the Future.
- wojciii 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_(novel)
- yndoendo 2mo agoFrench Revolution is why I cannot respect any AI system. Some variant of _Sorry, I cannot discus violence_ in some form is what seems to always result with the _French Revolution_ inquiries. They are pre-programmed bias that are designed to limit knowledge and content consumption. Another is asking if any employees working at AI company Y are Epstein associates. _No one that works at Y was associated with Epstein." It will keep it up until you give it a name of an actually employee that was an associate.