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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Careful, every American on Lemmy has about 6 or 7 thought-stopping cliches ready to defend their cowardly fucking inaction.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Murican here. I just lack a spine like the rest of my countrymen. No sense making excuses.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You probably also have access to food and basic infrastructure and services. That gives you incentive not to risk your life violently overthrowing the government.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Give it some time.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I don’t respect the position, but I appreciate that you’ve got more integrity than just about everyone else I get responses from.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 21 points 21 hours ago

Probably don't want to die tbh

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (28 children)

The fact that you're posting this means you're not dead or in prison, which thought-stopping cliche will you use to explain your cowardly inaction?

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[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Do you expect people who are living paycheck to paycheck to give up their lives to die, be homeless or permanently disabled?

[–] justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works 9 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Do you imagine people in Nepal to have big savings accounts and investments in NVidia?

Truth is - if you are not bothered enough by the situation to risk your confort and way of life, then you are ok with the situation and accept it.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What a wild take.

Im so glad most of this type of discourse is contained to a platform like Lemmy. This place is basically 4chan for armchair leftists.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, this place shockingly has less nuance than Reddit did. Maybe not shockingly, since it seems to cater to a very specific group of people.

[–] justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You're a "good german", is all.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Thanks for proving my point lmao. Im a "good german" because id rather not suffer irreparable damage to my body and psyche.

Jesus christ. The only people who talk like this are highly privileged idiots.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca -2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly? People who are living paycheck to paycheck have MORE reasons to risk everything and FAR fewer excuses for allowing the status quo to persist. Who the fuck do you think should be burning shit down if not the people most victimized by it?

[–] FarmTaco@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

people SHOULD go out and die. not me tho. other people.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Right, let me book a flight to another country whose citizens can't be bothered to fight back on their own to show them how it's done.

[–] FarmTaco@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

sure just advocate for violence that you wouldnt commit yourself.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Didn't say I wouldn't. Just said I'm not going to fly to other countries to do it.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

What should I do?

[–] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I am more than pleased to be proven wrong.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

This pleases you?! That is fucking sickening.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AntiRageBaitRanger@lemmy.cafe 8 points 23 hours ago

FYI, this user is a rage bait troll. everything they say is intended to anger you. ignore them completely.