• Vespair
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    9 months ago

    I don’t know man. That feels defeatist to me. We’ve made these kind of big pushes in the past, and we are capable of doing them again. Maybe the unrelenting brashness of this current wave of assault by the wealthy can be the tipping point. I think we need to be having hard conversations with our neighbors and coworkers right now, because I think more might be able to see the writing on the wall today than have in a long time.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, it is a bit defeatist. And I don’t have high hopes for this country to unfuck itself of the current situation. I’ve mentioned unionization to co-workers in the past. At best they don’t bat an eye and engage, and at worst they treat you like an enemy, and no matter what the word is treated in a hushed manner.

      I’m not saying it is impossible. It’s just a ball busting-ly hard job to get done.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t disagree at all with that.

        I guess the way I see it is either we don’t try anything and fail regardless, or we try our damned and probably fail but maybe succeed. 2% chance for success sounds better than guaranteed 0% to me.

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          9 months ago

          Yeah, that’s pretty much where I’m at. It’s worth tying, even if the chances are small, and they are definitely small.