Post #4344712

2026-08-03 00:53 UTC

The addition of the red hat means the people pictured actually support the elites in question. Having said that, you’re talking about violent revolution. Look at basically every example in history. They all get much worse before they get better. The people that need to die, die. Sure. And it’s satisfying because those people historically have grown beyond what conventional institutions of justice could do anything about. Problem is, the revolution doesn’t just stop once the problem is gone. People don’t stop dying, they just stop deserving it. Point is, people are armed as a desperate last resort that we pray we will never need, because people who’ve actually fought in wars know that outcome is far worse and far more horrifying than any diplomatic compromise would have been. War is not how you solve a handful of wealthy elites who are effectively above the law. It’s how you solve families being executed in the streets or put into concentration camps. We’re not there yet. Though admittedly we’re closer than we’ve ever been - ironically thanks to people in red hats.

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@Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2026-08-03 01:41

You are not going to get any diplomatic compromises if elites don’t believe you can guillotine them. Everything is just going to get worse until you get either collapse or revolution.

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@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 02:36

We’re not there yet. Which is exactly why a revolution hasn’t happened yet. Revolutions do not occur until every other option has been tried and the people find their circumstances utterly intolerable. I advocate for revolution because we will eventually reach that point and need to be prepared for when that revolutionary potential is ripe. I need people go understand that the class division of society cannot be overcome by using the tools handed to us by the ruling class, that we must make our own through a vanguard party that can turn revolutionary potential into directed revolutionary action. I am not saying REVOLUTION NOW because we are not organized enough and the people are not so desperate. I am saying revolution is the only way however, as awful as it will inevitably be.

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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 11:41

Revolution has dramatically improved the lives of the people in most cases. They usually have a chaotic period of stabilization, but in the long run bring immense positives, especially in socialist countries.

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 14:50

They all get much worse before they get better. The people that need to die, die. Sure. And it’s satisfying because those people historically have grown beyond what conventional institutions of justice could do anything about. Problem is, the revolution doesn’t just stop once the problem is gone. People don’t stop dying, they just stop deserving it. Source: saw it in a reddit meme.

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