We're not stretched thin to finance these changes. Taxes aren't holding us back. This is what those with true power in society and their cronies say to not do anything. This is the whole point.

No one is only blaming "billionaires." This is you patronizing them, portraying yourself as a genius and the person you're responding to as too naive and stupid to understand how life really works.

And no, we don't have agency. We have a deluded sense of agency where we think we can vote and change the system from within.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There are levels. Voters don't have agency. But if voters would coordinate they would have agency.

The difference is believing in agency.

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.

[–] DerKriegs@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.

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