• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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    6 months ago

    Pretty sure laws exist that are supposed to prevent price gouging, but they require a government that actually enforces said laws…

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      6 months ago

      “Laws” are not the only method humanity has come up with for defending each other against fraudulent and predatory behaviors. Where law has proven incapable of preventing victimization, the guillotine has a proven track record of convincing the ultra rich to stop thinking about their wallets and to start thinking about the needs of the people.

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        6 months ago

        You are obsessed with the idea that you’re going to set up a guillotine to punish the wicked. You are an impotent nerd that gets off on violent fantasy online.

        Calm. Down. You can’t even organize effective action against your own diminishing dreams. Stop advocating for violence. You’re in no position to handle it.

        Go stroke your gun and fantasize about how it makes you strong and important; meanwhile, the world will, much to your confusion, continue not caring about your opinions.

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          6 months ago

          You’ve read a lot of angry context into that that I did not provide. I think you protest too much.

          One interesting aspect of a true democracy is that once the people have sufficient, collective justification to engage in violent revolution, peaceful reform suddenly becomes not just feasible, but the preferred resolution for everyone involved. It’s a bit of a paradox.

          si vis pacem, para bellum.

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            6 months ago

            No, I read a lot of context from your angry, impotent, and violent-fantasizing post history.

            Your cute little performative Latin phrase is precisely my point.

            No one cares about your violent fantasia.

            I know, I know, “yer gonna regret saying that to me when they bring out the guillotines!”

            Dude. It’s just awkward.