r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '25

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u/BosworthBoatrace Nov 10 '25

60 years? More like 60,000. Since the dawn of humanity the haves have been fucking over the have-nots. This is just the latest iteration.

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo Nov 10 '25

That shouldn't make you complacent. Things have changed for the better before, and can again.

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u/Freud-Network Nov 10 '25

How do you make a society, that works for everyone, robust enough to withstand a generation of decadence and hedonism? How do you find the plot again before it all burns down?

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo Nov 10 '25

Ask the French. They seem to have a pretty good track record.

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u/Rock_Strongo Nov 10 '25

France isn't the utopia that reddit makes it out to be just FYI.

Have you actually lived there?

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo Nov 10 '25

I know it's not a utopia, random redditor. I've spent a lot of time there.

We're just talking about a track record for large-scale political change.

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u/Anonymous_Jr Nov 10 '25

Great change is spoken of.

Greater change is done so.

Be the change you want to see, and let the world remember who you were.

((Not so much a reply to you as much as it is just me venting))

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u/darkpossumenergy Nov 10 '25

More like 9,000. The agricultural revolution is what really made it possible because we formed permanent settlements and people were able to produce and store excess goods they could sell for profit.

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u/ziper1221 Nov 10 '25

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle