Post #4130034

Many people wonder why Paulo Freire once said that the revolution was always an act of love for the oppressors too. If you think of Elon Musk, you understand what he meant: He is, by all accounts and by any measurement, the culmination and epitome of the capitalist system. Born in an apartheid state, raised with wealth and privilege created through that, given enough money to buy himself an underdog story when becoming the richest man in the world. By everything we are told, he's supposed to not just be the richest, but also the happiest man in the world too. He isn't. Hated by his family, constantly at odds with the realization that nobody likes him beyond his wealth and that he's the laughing stock of society. He's living in a hell of his own creation with all the abilities to end it at any given moment if only he'd admit he was wrong, which he can't and won't. A revolution against the capitalist system is an act of love for the oppressors too, as we would not simply liberate ourselves, but also, less importantly, liberate the ruling class of their perpetual lie.