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Real question here - why not? If the powers that be are facing the potential of unrest in the face of their tyranny, why wouldn't they let the protesters starve? Does this not only preemptively eliminate potential opposition? Do you think they simply care out of some hidden shred of dignity of something?
I think all of you black & white accelerationists are either ignorant or deceitful about the reality of the stakes in play here. I'm not saying revolution shouldn't happen, won't happen, can't happen, or any of that, but I'm tired of listening to people acting like this choice is as casual as picking what sandwich to have and not the very real acceptance of potentially fatal or otherwise devastating consequences. Necessary action or not, that's not the kind of thing to treat so cavalier.
We only have to look to the USSR and its history of starving the kulaks to death (Holodomor but also many other countries including Russia) to know that a dictator absolutely CAN allow swathes of the population to starve without penalty, but it can be a winning strategy.
First of all, you have chosen to read it as “black and white”, that generally does not exist, everything is a spectrum.
Secondly, the economy of America does not work without workers and rich don’t get richer anymore, which they seemingly don’t like
And yea maybe the way I wrote is making it look too easy, I see that, but I don’t plan the revolution, that is the job of the American people
I think we are having same or similar opinions, I just did manage to write it as good as I wanted. 🙊