“There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge (or ammo). Please use in that order.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty

They’ve all but taken the soap box, we have “free speech zones” to “safely” protest out of sight, and when we ignore those the media either doesn’t cover it, or gives the most unflattering description, taking the side of corporations (see: Amazon strikes framed in "how will this affect your Christmas delivery. A.k.a: be mad at the employees)

They’ve taken the ballot box with Citizens United literally paving the way for what Elmo Muskrat is doing now: buying elections. We can’t elect the people we’d want to elect.

They’ve taken the jury through the elimination of the teaching of the concept of jury nullification (but also doesn’t apply in this specific situation) and have taken the Judiciary through ratfuckery (see: Mitch McTurtle refusing to seat any SCOTUS judges when it’s a Democrat picking them)

So all we’re left with is the “cartridge” or, ammo box.

They force this on us but “thankfully” at least some of us won’t just let us keep getting steamrolled. :/

As to how this could be a “movement.” It isn’t. It’s one person choosing the ammo box because like the rest of us he felt hopeless and took the only action he felt could achieve anything at all. (It did: see blue cross blue shield reversing their anesthesia charging plan right after the shooting) There was also the “renewal” of the conversation about healthcare which all but vanished. Check the “issues” from exit polling, healthcare barely showed up. Whenever healthcare was discussed previously it was in the framing of “people love their private insurance!” that being told to us by the media. Now the discussion is “maybe there’s a larger issue if people from left to right are all supportive of what Luigi did.”

That face…

“I’m a fucking child, why am I here saying shit you irresponsible fuckers should already know!?”

Is it fraudulent or are we about to find out Satan himself finds UHC to be pure evil because they’ve trademarked/copywrite whatever CEO shooter images and Luigis image to profit off of this situation?

I would not for one second put it past them.

It’s actually a reference to Brick House, the lyrics:

"Ow, she’s a brick house

She’s mighty-mighty, just lettin’ it all hang out. She’s a brick house. That lady’s stacked and that’s a fact. Ain’t holding nothing back"

Referring to the demeanor of Dr.House and how he lets it all hang out, and holds nothing back.

:P

Jesus fucking Christ… So not only are they parasites, but they’re the kind of parasites that kill the host and occupy the body for their own purpose…

To call them scum feels way too tepid.

Absolutely, not arguing about any of that just wanted to point out where I thought the focus was on that one part.

moreover the idea that Marxists have never achieved change ignores the existence of the USSR, Cuba, PRC, Vietnam, Laos, and so forth

I think they meant that “we” are the target of the meme as the virgin Marxists not successful revolutions of the past.

The “best” part, UHC is the largest of the healthcare deniers making massive profits and bad luck Brian got paid the least of all the CEOs of the top 10 healthcare deniers.

Getting screwed by the company that screws the most people. Poetic.

It’s funny because in my initial writing of my comment I actually wrote pesos instead of yen but I wasn’t sure how close the peso was to the dollar so I went with yen lol

…ummmmmmm am I looking at a $13,000 phone!?

That better be in yen or something JFC. Who’s their market Saudi princes?!

I was just recently informed of a podcast called “blowback” the other day on Lemmy and their first season actually goes into Iraq and the lead up to it. It’s a very good podcast for anyone interested in the topic of American intervention in other countries. Very well produced for the subject matter.

Long story short there was nothing that was going to stop us from going after Iraq. “We” wanted that for a long time and it’s not just a simple “cuz oil” thing.

“but it’s just my company! People will find OtHeR wOrK! So it’s totally ok!”

Repeated at every company…

The future is going to suck big time :/

It’s seriously the dumbest thing in the world…

Like ok maga dude, you don’t think a burger flipper deserves any more money than they currently make because they don’t do anything “extra” or “difficult.” What in the absolute fuck makes you think that a corporation that makes more profit will suddenly pay you more when you’re not doing anything “extra” or more difficult than you were previously?

A company that keeps more profit than they did previously just keeps more profit than they did previously. They don’t suddenly decide to increase unnecessary expenditures.

Oh the discussion is far from gone. The incoming DOJ plans on “proving” 2020 was stolen from them. They’re going to fabricate “evidence” and arrest whoever is on their hit wish list. We’re in for some absolute bonkers b.s in the coming years :/

It’s not that strange when you consider they are a major tool in the class war. We do still have elections, and so whoever the ownership class can’t buy they need to have their outlets convince us not to vote for.

There is no “unbiased” media when it’s corporate media.

Thomas the tank engine says:

“We have left a phrase incomplete in “No masters, no kings!” We neglect “No owners!” We must right the wrongs of history and form a revolution for the proletariat! Eliminate the ownership class! Toot toot mother fucker!”

I wish… it’s pretty much the only reason I hate being an atheist. Just knowing most evil assholes get to live their lives out and never suffer any consequences really sucks.

It wasn’t meant to appear that way. I wasn’t trying to speak of the supposed billionaire in a good fashion, just that at the end of the day money is only used to get someone to do something which even the billionaire needs to do as they don’t labor, others do on their behalf. In the case of the billionaire it’s actually a huge issue in this respect as they have a massive amount of potential energy to inspire a ton of work that could be, and is, used against us.

Even if the person has already done the work, they did it for the promise of money they can then use to have someone else do something (or have already done something and are trading the fruits of their labor for the “energy deficit.”)

The promise of money is the inspiration to expend energy.

“Dear Lord, we thank you for nothing as we don’t actually believe in you, we use your name to progress our cause. Blessed be the billionaire for he bestows onto me his blessings of wealth as I do his bidding here on earth as it is in his vision. He leads not into utopia, but dystopia for all but us and himself. Amen.”