The world is on fire and they are negotiating down the amount of water they will use.
The fire doesn't give a shit about the debt, or bipartisanship, or whatever the fuck.
Revolution when?
It's a lot cheaper to simply let the surplus population die than it is to keep them in prison. And its certainly a lot cheaper to let it happen and build a monument than it is to actually provide care.
so they are just assuming that a revolution/revolt just isn't going to happen? BLM last year was a weird one-off? even if I was a ruthless capitalist that didn't care about the deaths of millions, id still be cutting checks to the poors, just to keep them happy/content. i suppose they are building up their police forces, so maybe thats the plan. I suppose its working, but damn, just can't imagine this continuing for forever without people snapping
even if I was a ruthless capitalist that didn’t care about the deaths of millions, id still be cutting checks to the poors, just to keep them happy/content.
Capitalists may work together for their class interests, but they're decentralized enough that no one wants to individually foot the bill.
They will recognize the threat when there is a threat. Did the BLM protests threaten the position of capital?...no, just a few storefronts and small amount of weapons sales to police. Until their profits, safety, or position in society are threatened, they won't try to placate us.
The perspective of the ruling class, worldwide, is austerity for the foreseeable future. It’s almost not a choice—they literally cannot improve conditions and keep capitalism.
Has something to do with it, but moreover it’s the generalized, spiraling crisis of overproduction. They have no tools to dig themselves out except to assault the conditions of the working class, which in turn reduces the ability of consumer markets to absorb goods—>no incentive to produce—>more assaults on workers and so on and so forth
It will have to get a lot worse before we are talking about revolution
They don't believe the world is on fire, they believe it's a paradise, their ideology has warped their brains to such a degree that mentally they're alien
yeah, i guess that is the answer. i hang out with a lib and she doesn't doesn't see the world like I do, its wild. Watched the "Trial of the Chicago 7" and when the cops take off their badges to beat up the protesters, she's like "well, they have to do that, to protect themselves from the mob and stuff. That's normal and allowed."
The more people die, the fewer they have to convince not to vote. it's win win for them.
