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From his Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Etienne de La Boetie - written around 1552-53
(There are several Google links to this, at least a couple different translations.)
So in matters of liberation from whatever chains that bind you, when you want the situtation to change, refrain from violence, but take the legs from under the behemoth.
You are the power of those who would take from your life. You. Want it to stop? Stop supporting them. Use your power for your own good, and that of your families, your cities.
Yeah it's hard, but what does the alternative gain you?
niyad
(113,302 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)however, some illusions are better than others.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)What if they threw a war and nobody came?
What if the capitalists put up jobs and nobody worked? What if they occupied the factories and stores, but didn't work? What if they worked on their own for their own self and not the owners?
That last would show EXACTLY how useful the owners actually are.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)There is plenty of evidence that people can own their own corporations, work cooperatively, and thrive in the face of the coporations who place profits above people. You and I both know that.
The real job is opening a window in the minds of those who have been beholden to Mr. Charlie for so long. Instead people march in the streets, begging, demanding that Mr. Charlie change his ways, give a little sugar back. They seem to think that is the task.
Until we forge a counterinsurgency movement that co-opts the resources and educates the people we are still playing by our opponents rules.