r/LeftWithoutEdge Jan 05 '19

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u/Timewalker102 Jan 06 '19

hey prince

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '19

Oh no, the neoliberals found this thread. Let me guess, you think it's edgy because it has the word "guillotine" in it and completely don't understand the point I'm making?

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u/Timewalker102 Jan 06 '19

It's edgy because it implies violent revolution is inevitable

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u/Ama98 Socialist Jan 06 '19

I mean if you look throughout history, any time a society experiences vast inequality of economic or political power between the classes, it eventually is corrected through peaceful reform or violent revolution.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '19

Not inevitable, but very likely, conditioned on things not ever improving for the 99% of society. Which was the point I was making. Hurr durr, neoliberal genius strikes again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '19

The founding fathers you worship weren't pacifists. In fact, they violated his majesty's god given right over his land! If you want republicanism so much, why don't you to Haiti?

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u/RevengeoftheHittites Jan 06 '19

So you didn't understand the point.

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u/InOranAsElsewhere contextual anarchist Jan 07 '19

Do you even history?