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rockSlayer lemmy.blahaj.zone rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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PissMissile lemmy.world PissMissile@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-13
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People are willing to waste their entire lives working for someone else, why won't they work on representing themselves?

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Phoenixz lemmy.ca phoenixz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply

Which is exactly the problem. Mobilizing this power is next to impossible. Its easier to herd a flock of cats

Its why propaganda is such a big thing, its the rich mobilizing said power to destroy itself with a smile on it's face

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MountingSuspicion reddthat.com MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-12
#4 · Quote Reply

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_Forever

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
That the union makes us strong.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-03-16
#5 · Quote Reply

Drones and robots can. Grant didn't see far ahead in fascist realization of the ultimate loyal slaves. Now proles have to face a loyal vanguard that will never betray the bourgeoisie.
Some are even marrying them as I type.

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therealdries lemmy.dbzer0.com therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-22
#6 · Quote Reply

Unfortunately, the working class doesn't seem to understand "we."

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burido lemmy.world burido@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-13
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

If only there was a movie about this... A movie where they make and sell soap... His name is Paul Robinson. His name is Paul Robinson. His name is Paul Robinson. A movie where the main character only sleeps one hour a day. A movie about 1 person. A movie about 2 people. A good movie. A movie where everything is just a copy, of a copy, of a copy.

It's heart breaking when I ask my friends if they've seen Fight Club and no one has ever seen it.

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spacehulk lemmy.zip spacehulk@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-16
#8 · Quote Reply

If only there was a movie about this... A movie where they make and sell soap... His name is Paul Robinson. His name is Paul Robinson. His name is Paul Robinson. A movie where the main character only sleeps one hour a day. A movie about 1 person. A movie about 2 people. A good movie. A movie where everything is just a copy, of a copy, of a copy. It's heart breaking when I ask my friends if they...

I've seen fight club several times. Who is Paul Robinson?

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I_Has_A_Hat lemmy.world I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-24
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The thing everyone forgets is that there is practically nothing that will move the working class. There is this idea that if everyone just banded together and fought for better rights, everything would be better. But that's about as feasible as all cows banding together for better rights. It's just not something that is going to happen. There is nothing that will mobilize the working class. Nothing.

Individual humans can be intelligent, insightful, and can be convinced to take up a cause and work towards something greater than themselves. Humans as a large group though? Idiots. Fucking idiots. Literally no better than crabs in a bucket.

That's the problem. Any plan for change that involves the working class rising up and seizing control is a plan that is doomed to failure. Because the working class will never rise up and seize control. Ever. People have to be dragged kicking and screaming toward change, or tricked into accepting it. Those that think mobilization of the working class is a possibility have a fundamental failure in the understanding of human sociology.

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Donn slrpnk.net ItJustDonn@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-12-15
#10 · Quote Reply

I've seen fight club several times. Who is Paul Robinson?

spoonerism of Robert Paulson?

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jared mander.xyz jared@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-28
#11 · Quote Reply

We have to stop feeding the monsters.

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
#12 · Quote Reply

Once that enormous power is replaced, nothing can stop the wealth class.

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
#13 · Quote Reply

We have to stop feeding the monsters.

We need to come together and figure out how though.

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Xerxos lemmy.ml Xerxos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-11-19
#14 · Quote Reply

This is the reason why the rich are so fascinated by AI: the hope to take this power away from the people.

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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#15 · Quote Reply

Unfortunately the working class in America right now seems to be made up of a significant number of morons.

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BarbudoGrande lemmy.world BarbudoGrande@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#16 · Quote Reply

I thought this was a left-handed meme at first. Took me a second.

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rockSlayer lemmy.blahaj.zone rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-02-24
#17 · Quote Reply

I thought this was a left-handed meme at first. Took me a second.

Wouldn't you know it, but I am actually left handed lmao. Yes, we're all left handed leftists!

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burido lemmy.world burido@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-13
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

I've seen fight club several times. Who is Paul Robinson?

In project mayhem we have no names. Lol it's a typo. Paul Robirtson

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