Like reading Mangione's manifesto, all I can think is: "Kid, things aren't as hopeless as you think they are."
There's always this profound naïvité that runs through them. Like: oh, woe is me, here at the end of history.
Readers tend to see through that shit.
There's always this profound naïvité that runs through them. Like: oh, woe is me, here at the end of history.
Readers tend to see through that shit.
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But even the Unabomber manifesto, which this kid was apparently quite taken by: It is, and I know this is controversial, not very good!
And yet we don't have any good hallmarks of ideological radicalization (as opposed to just general radicalization to violence), not does this fit into a trend.
(I'm trying to write this column and I'm thinking aloud.)
Trudeau abandoned his electoral reform promise because he didn't trust Canadians to run their country.
The system is working as intended to cast a pall of hopelessness & despair. Some tune out & dissociate, & some pick up a firearm.
History moves in epochs, not in presidential terms. If America wants to preserve its democracy, it will be through activism and organizing (and, perhaps, self defense) not vigilante violence.
A story as old as humanity. Only this one plays out in the 21st century.
We are the naive ones to think things can change....
The oppressed will always use the justice they can reach vs the justice the corrupt masters affords them.
We live in a system where cash is king and people are just revenue streams and not actual flesh and blood
Because shooting someone in the back of the head, regardless of the ills of their industry, doesn't un-corrupt that system.
I had plenty of naivete in my 20s, but I always felt I had the opportunity of a decent job and a home in my future. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.