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    Do you think these treats that placate the Workers in first world countries are sustainable? If the vast majority of these treats are manufactured in areas where cost of living is kept low so as to lower prices and raise profits, don’t you believe that these workers are not getting their treats?

    Why is it that Socialism props up fairly frequently in countries that the US and other western powers depend on for cheap production, forcing the US to retaliate?

    Capitalism itself is unsustainable, even if it appears to be within the Imperial Core. The treats delay revolution, yes, but the treats themselves aren’t going to be as cheap as they are forever, as the global south organizes against their exploiters.

    Once the treats run dry, you will see revolution in the US.

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      I’m fairly confident it won’t be in my lifetime so, no, I don’t think I’ll see revolution and I don’t think it will be revolution but rather a toppling of the system simply because of unsustainability. All empires crumble eventually, this one will be no different. That doesn’t mean any of the masses instigated change. They will have just sat on their ass posting their memes and removed on Facebook until someone quit paying the power bill.

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          I don’t think anything I do could be considered analysis. I’m just fairly observant and have always paid attention to how a population reacts to what I consider atrocities towards the masses and we have become increasingly ok with what’s done to us. I have not yet seen the trend reverse in any meaningful way.

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            Have you considered that analysis of data, historical trends, and broader systems may be more accurate than gut feelings based on one person’s observations?

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              Well, I feel that’s obvious. It’s also why you will never find me posting some ridiculous AI image laden meme in a community espousing my beliefs. The only reason you happen to know them is because you asked. I would never try to convince a group of people that what I believe is the One True Belief as I lack the ego for that. It’s just my take on what I see around me.

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                Sure. You came here to express your voice, after all. However, I do think that it’s largely unproductive to speak loudly or definitively on matters you haven’t yet thoroughly investigated. Asking questions is one thing, but having beliefs based on nothing but passive observation individually seems a bit rocky.

                Perhaps leading with a question and sharing your current understanding would be a more productive way to frame a discussion?

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                  Perhaps leading with a question and sharing your current understanding would be a more productive way to frame a discussion?

                  I’ll save that for a legitimate post. The OP never had productivity in mind with this one.