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Do you think that people need to be unhappy to want change? Like would happy people do a Revolution or is it only people who feel miserable with the status quo? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe I can add my personal experience on this. Looking at my own life, I could say I am pretty happy and comfortable. I have a stable job, a stable income, a place to live I can afford, a healthy relationship, a good family and a good group of friends. If I were to only look at myself I could see no need for a revolution.

But I don't just look at myself. I look around and see many that don't have what I have and I think that is unfair. I think it is unfair that a select group of people who are richer than 99% of us get to make the decisions that ruin other people's lives and the planet. And I think that we should do something about that.

So is it unhappiness that drives me? No, I think you should rather call it a drive for justice.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

But then again yes unhappy people are by far the majority of people in the revolution I think

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm in a similar situation here as well. To expand on that a bit, it's not only unfair that a select few people are the primary beneficiaries of how our economy is organized, but it's also the fact that these people decide how resources and labor are allocated. Even having a comfortable lifestyle under capitalism robs people of having any meaning in their labor, because its sole purpose is to generate profit. Many jobs that exist have no social value, and some are actively harmful to society.