• nighty@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I've already warmed up to the idea that we'd have to force positives changes through in the dead of night. With all things said and done, watch those who'd rail against it say they've always been in favor of it.

    • utopologist [any]
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      9 months ago

      The secret to making things better in the world is that you can't rely on people making good choices, you have to remove the bad choices.

    • RoabeArt [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      It's like when chuds try to take credit for civil rights, or 5 day work weeks (Henry Ford willed the concept into existence, not years of direct action by the labor movement).

      Lenin talked about how the ruling class will actively oppose a revolutionary figure, but once society at large accepts them, the ruling class will switch face and pretend like it always supported said figure.