seeing many people online "revoking his folk hero status" because he tweeted weird shit and had wacky opinions. idc. he did what none of us have and likely will never do.

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    He did, what, exactly? Kill 1 ceo?

    Have you not seen any of the discourse about how the Democrat/Republican conflict just serves to divide the working class and distract them from their real enemy, the bourgeoisie?

    Ben Shapiro's followers turning on him, regular rank and file Democrats gleefully supporting the killing of an evil CEO in spite of their thought leaders tut tutting at them?

    This guy is dying in custody or if he's lucky getting life in prison. He sacrificed his life and it's created a flashpoint that could help to radicalize a lot of people.

    • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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      2 days ago

      This is a comment I would have written 5 years ago so instead of my jaded ass shitting on it, I’ll spare you my cynicism my starry eyed king.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 days ago

        And 13 years ago the closest thing to a "radical left" was the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Which were barely even left at all.

        Zoom out and look at how things have changed, bit by bit, event by event.

        • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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          2 days ago

          20 years ago over 60% of the country was marching in protest of the Iraq war. Occupy Wall Street was a reaction to one of the biggest economic collapses the country has seen in the past 70 years and came of it? More reaction

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      Have you not seen any of the discourse about how the Democrat/Republican conflict just serves to divide the working class and distract them from their real enemy, the bourgeoisie?

      "The bourgeoisie," or "the elites"? How is "CEO" being generalized to more potential targets and is it happening in a good or useful way?