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    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s only stupid when you assume that the government is working in the interests of the working majority. However, if our government represents the interests of the oligarchs like the Irvings then this makes perfect sense. It’s a great way to divert our tax dollars from socially useful things they’re meant for like building housing or infrastructure, and put them back in the hands of the kleptocrats who own this country.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          It is stupid for the people, and therefore we should not be tolerating our government working against the interests of the working majority.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              3·
              1 year ago

              At the stage we are currently at, education is really the thing to focus on in my opinion. No meaningful change will be possible until there is a critical mass of people who have a shared understanding of the problems, and agree on a general course of action. This is a good read with some food for thought

              https://redsails.org/witbd-rs-abridged/

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  I’d argue that social systems can be just as effective at driving human behavior as anything. A lot of people who’ve only lived under western capitalism tend to conflate the way humans behave within this system with human nature in general. Having grown up in USSR, I can tell you that social relations are very much a product of economic relations within society.