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    3 days ago

    You can’t reform away from capitalism and even if you could, in order if you reform away the exploitative and unsustainable nature of capitalism then you end up with something that is completely opposed to capitalism.

    Capital runs our world, and so capitalists aren’t going to let you take away their power. You’re asking the king that has both the gun and the bullet to please so very nicely give you both of them so that you can use it for good. But they depend on that gun and bullet for power. So you must take it by force as it will not be handed to you.

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      2 days ago

      Revolutions have resulted in net worse societies historically. They are such major high risk high reward actions that there’s a big chance that just another elite will replace the current elite, and be just as bad or worse due to the chaos.

      Also you just said it, capital runs the world. How would you have a revolution against the whole world? It’s fun to think about if you’re a college sophomore, but in reality that’s not a feasible, or even good, solution.