• thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s a great idea in theory, the problem is for every karl marx you’ve got 20 stalin wannabes and 200 gavrillo princeps

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Human history is littered with self interested strongmen who are willing to sacrifice those who disagree with them in their climb to power. More so, there are those who aid and abet them - and we get to experience that in the US now - with reasons varying from prejudice to tribalism to misplaced revenge.