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Having to constantly see what dumb bullshit Elon is saying or doing isn't going to change anything in this world except the quality of my mental health. Some of us are just tired
They are counting on you to be tired. That's on purpose.
I'm old enough to know that the only way things are going to change is when we start shedding blood. That's just the reality of how fundamental societal changes happen. Things are either going to get better or worse, it's just a matter of whose blood is running, theirs or ours. The fact is I'm old and tired and have lost my will to fight.
No amount of getting angry on the internet is going to change capitalism. No amount of voting is going to change capitalism. Changing the system while participating in the system is a fools errand and exactly what they want you to spend your time doing so you become old and tired like me. If you want to get rid of the rich and the hellscape they've created, you eat them. Asking me to get angry and not enjoy what little life I have left in me isn't going to make a damn bit of difference.
βScratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.β β George Carlin
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It was not a call to arms, it was an explanation of why I think the demand to get riled up on an internet forum is futile π€·ββοΈ
I feel my comment was on your first paragraph, about talk getting is nowhere and how blood must be spilled
Yes, you were describing it as a call to arms, I'm saying it's an inevitability and nothing in this forum will result in systemic change. I'm not going to keep discussing the issue further because I've already had one comment removed by a mod. If you think you can change things then go forth, I'm just trying to live my life without being told it's good for me to pay attention to rich assholes.