alt Hacker NewsI mean, it's also scary because I don't think it works. People should demand a new deal and lobby for that. Throwing molotovs doesn't help with that.
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It clearly did open a discourse on HN at least :)
Oh yeah!, I forgot that staying silent and complying quietly is way better!! In 1700s they should have used that instead of guillotines.
People don’t lobby, corporations do.
>I mean, it's also scary because I don't think it works. People should demand a new deal and lobby for that.
The data has conclusively proven that moneyed interests prevail over the interests of the people. Every single time.
> People should demand a new deal and lobby for that.
Lol, really? You think there is any chance of that happening in this current political climate? Any whisper at all of rights for workers is immediately shot down as Godless Communist rhetoric.
What happens when lobbying for a new deal fails? Do the people just shrug and accept the fate their feudal lords have determined for them?