MikeDunnAuthor ,
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devnull ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor We? As the whole society?

Never, not before capitalists are done destroying the planet for short-term profit at the expense of all…

Because way too many people need to be told what and how to think, and think "being adults" equates to watching TV news "to know what happens around the world, because it's important to watch TV news when you're adult!"…

And guess who owns the mass media who tell these people what to think? Billionaires, mostly (far-)right wing assholes.

samiamsam ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor to be fair i've had the perspective for decades

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@samiamsam me too. But as a society not so much.

Christo ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor

20 years too late

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@Christo better late than never

tobias ,
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elmi ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor who is we? or why is being exploited a failure?

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@elmi

It's just a meme.
I assumed the "we" was the overwhelming majority of us, the working class, those who are not ultra-rich, or even somewhat rich.

And I don't think the creator meant to say that the exploited are to blame for their exploitation. Rather, I interpreted it to mean that we should not accept exploitation, and should be fighting to end it. That a successful society would be one without exploitation (among other ills).

mlanger ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor @RossA

I’ve reached that point.

the1goit ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor so far only musk can be seen that way.

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@the1goit
Why not all the ultra-rich?
Their wealth comes on the backs of the working class, is the main reason for the climate crisis, creates poverty, hunger, privation.

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@datn

Specific date and time?

datn ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor let's see... how about your birthday?

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@datn
I'll consider it an honor.

JohnLoader6 ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor If in a famine someone hoarded all the food they would be a criminal. With so many poor aren't the people hoarding all the money criminals too?

Professor_Stevens ,
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@JohnLoader6 @MikeDunnAuthor

The rich write the laws.

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MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@JohnLoader6
Yes, but aren't the people hoarding the money the ultra-rich?

sb ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor
I was about 11, myself.

MikeDunnAuthor OP ,
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@sb
precocious!

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