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Over 70% of slaves in the United States are unhappy with being enslaved. Who is to blame?
☑️ Themselves
⚪ The circumstances of their birth
⚪ The institution of slavery
❌ The slaver
We own all the necessities of life and you have to work for us to afford them. It’s not coercive if we don’t pull the trigger.
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Over 70% of serfs in the Medieval France are unhappy with being serfs. Who is to blame?
☑️ Themselves
⚪ The circumstances of their birth
⚪ The institution of serfdom
❌ The feudal lords
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Over 70% of Helots in Iron Age Sparta are unhappy with being Helots. Who is to blame?
☑️ Themselves
⚪ The circumstances of their birth
⚪ The institution of Helotry
❌ The Spartans
love dropping incredibly loaded questions that don’t actually test any knowledge and are just pure sniff ideology
tfw considering picking up a bible for the first time in my life to become a priest and utilise christianity to push anticapitalism, as jesus is the only other thing allowed into americabrain
“No altar, no belief, no holy book, neither the Qur’an nor the Bible nor the others, have ever been able to reconcile the rich and and the poor, the exploiter and the exploited. And if Jesus himself had to take the whip to chase them from his temple, it is indeed because that is the only language they hear.” - Thomas Sankara
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I’ve legit had the same fucking idea. It feels like the only way socialism can come to America without instantly being demonized is by wrapping it in Jesus
It’s a tempting thought, but the problem is that “Jesus” to the America brain is only compatible with muh freedom to hate my neighbors.
I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.
We’ve seen firsthand that all districts, schools, and students have unique needs that can’t be met with a one-size-fits-all solution
Decrying “one-size-fits-all solutions” is one of the most insidious neoliberal shibboleths I’ve come across.