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A justification for American militarism from the South Park guys in the form of "dicks have to fuck assholes" or whatever.

Racism towards Middle Easterners and Kim Jong-il too, because why not?

very-intelligent The real problem is that some Hollywood actors said the Iraq War was bad.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A tax strike in the US is unthinkable

I've wondered about whether something like this was even possible; the moment you suggest going on a tax strike, wouldn't you get arrested on the spot along with everyone who agrees? Getting people to agree to a tax strike would be difficult enough, but sticking around long enough to drum up support would be the real issue.

Nobody believes in anything

Gonna be honest, people are blase about everything until it affects them, and even then they can be convinced to be okay with it because it has yet to break their backs (like criminally low wages and rising living costs). Modern day America is still not 1900's China, and corporations are very cleverly easing us into it rather than just a straight drop; as long as they don't make any drastic mistakes, they may actually successfully advance modern day America into early 20th century China. Ever wanted to roleplay as a peasant from 1920's China but with infinitely less of the rich culture? Well maybe it's still to early for you, but your grandkids will love it (surely).

That meme is too true; born too late to be a 1920's Tibetan serf, born too early to be a comparable 1920's Tibetan serf.

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

I've wondered about whether something like this was even possible; the moment you suggest going on a tax strike, wouldn't you get arrested on the spot along with everyone who agrees? Getting people to agree to a tax strike would be difficult enough, but sticking around long enough to drum up support would be the real issue.

Yes, that's exactly correct, but the fact that this would be seen as the best outcome by the vast majority of the same people who say they distrust the government is why I say the situation is so bleak. Same thing with all the people who "agree" with climate protesters' intentions, but disavow their methods. The working classes of the imperial core are lulled into inaction by the subtle trick of being convinced their fruitless beliefs matter in a world where their masters have already preempted those beliefs from crystallizing into change.