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   Meduza in English (meduza_en@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 01:50:03 JST Meduza in English

   Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny is missing. After six days of his lawyers and supporters being unable to contact him, the prison where he’s been held since June 2022 says he is no longer on the inmate roster.
   https://t.co/q9wyz0jaKG

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     molly in missouri (whatzaname@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 01:50:01 JST molly in missouri

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     As long as we tolerate #capitalism, we are complicit in its murders and enslavery. We bring death and destruction to vulnerable people, in exchange for our convenience and access to distant resources we otherwise would not be entitled to.
     We fund dictatorships and wars. We make Elon Musk rich, and we make people all around the world suffer. We earn the hatred of people who will live worse lives because we like our little comforts.
     The death and rape and pillaging of capitalism can only be stopped by we who have other options, but still choose to work for, shop from, and idolize #capitalists
     We make global death and destruction profitable.
     Without our support, it will finally end.
     🙏🏽

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 01:50:01 JST gnutelephony

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     • molly in missouri

     @whatzaname capitalism is exploitation, they are not severable, exploitation cannot be "reformed" out of it. It's like claiming you vote for Trump but are not a racist. Racism cannot be separated from Trumpism and clearly is not a deal breaker for such a voter.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 02:04:52 JST gnutelephony

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     • molly in missouri

     @whatzaname indeed, the way you do this is lay down the horizontal socioeconomic structures first. Then you work diligently to chop out the remaining vertical supports of the old system out from under it, and do so in a way that it doesn't fall on top of everyone, too. But to reach the end it takes that very hard work at the very start.

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     molly in missouri (whatzaname@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 02:04:53 JST molly in missouri

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     @gnutelephony of course capitalism is exploitation. It's murder. And borders are prisons, enforcing slavery.
     And once we abandon it, we can sort our communities out, as best we are able. But we can't realize this for everyone. We need to show them what a cooperative, noncoersive, mutually assistive community looks like. In person. For real.
     It won't be the same since it will need to exist within a capitalist regime *at first*
     But it can make a world of difference to the people suffering most, and the most vulnerable. And it's not convenient, not a way to save money for retirement..
     So, it's a big ask in a world as harsh as this.
     I mean, I would love to find a group of irl people to start trying out ideas with, but starting a group myself?
     😨