I am aware how stupid I sound. But how else can I phrase it that there needs to be a believe in change to create change? Right now I just hope that readers ignore the stupid part.

[–] KillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What you're saying can happen has literally never happened in human history though, right?

There's a reason why the nonviolent revolution Wikipedia article is essentially empty, right?

(I'm not downvoting you BTW, I upvoted.)

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the upvote.

There hasn't been internet for most of history, nor global warming, nor automation.

The joke is that people don't want a fair revolution because the situation will be worse at first if resources are shared globally. People don't want agency because they would be responsible for all problems.

[–] DerKriegs@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love what you said about believing in agency: knowing what power is ultimately in our hands would change the world for the better.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Judging by the downvotes and objections, people deeply don't believe it. I had expected some technical issues that prevent UBI but reading those replies makes me sad.

This is Lemmy. People on Reddit will feel even more disenfranchised. But it could be the other way round because Marxism states that capitalist democracy doesn't work and that a revolution is needed.