• eldavi@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It feels like the powers that be have perfected the art of setting a popular dialogue with movements that credibly threaten their interests, guaranteeing that they always get their way and it’s so thorough that pointing this out gets you branded as a tankie.

      Even that word feels like another psyop on its own with the way leftists use it as a cudgel against each other; also guaranteeing that we will never be able to work with each other to accomplish anything of merit.

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      But how do we rekindle?

      Edit: what would a battle on Wall Street’s turf look like? Perhaps a company could take a stand against all of this bullshit, but who would invest in such a business? Where does the street call home? When can we start? Right fucking now.

      Cant stop. Wont stop.

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      I mean that is how DJT described it too. It was in a meeting with the secretary of defense asking why he couldn’t invade Chicago with the army to replicate the effect on the BLM movement