I propose we call it the Luigi Movement, after Luigi Mario the less famous brother of Mario Mario.

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    We need a new social contract that makes accumulating more than a regular lifetime’s amount of money unappealing.

    We need solutions that are acceptable to all parties even if there are losers. The trick is getting the losers to accept it without coercion.

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    Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

    Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

    Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

    Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

    Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

    Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

    Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

    Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

    Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

    And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

    Oh, and wear sunscreen cuz the nukes are coming.

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    For decades the Epstein class has been grooming Americans to ridicule the French. Because the last thing they want is for Americans to get inspiration from any historical French solutions.

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      • Use p2p social networks (you’ve already started!) and free and open source software
      • Get to know your neighbors
      • Talk to coworkers about pay, benefits, working conditions, and unions
      • Save as much money as you can outside of the American economy
      • Buy a gun, learn to maintain it, and spend time at the range
      • Participate in peaceful protests but be prepared to be attacked by police
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    Gee, if only we’d tried that before.

    Remember the “1%” protests against the billionaire class?

    It didn’t matter, because every time people contribute to a 401k or go shopping at a chain box store, they add power to the 1%. People say they want to fight the ultra-rich, but they don’t really want to fight. Nobody wants to sacrifice their comfort or security. We know from history how this ends…

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      The most practical forms of direct action benefit its participants individually. Classic example is joining a union, which will give you better compensation at their expense.

      Unilateral sacrifices just exhaust you and accomplish little. Become a part of the new economy in which you want to live.

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    The percentage of sociopaths involved with defining a society should never be greater than zero.

    Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

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    Something with a sharp downward movement. On an unrelated note. I like French furniture.

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    The biggest hurdle to starting any sort of revolution or meaningful societal change in the US is finding leadership willing to risk having a target on their backs to rally the masses to action. Anyone willing to be the first to step up will be harassed, pursued, abused, and potentially killed.

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      There are plenty of leaders to follow, plenty of groups to join, plenty of events to attend.

      This type of information isn’t broadcast on the local news. You have to go looking for like-minded people.

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        Dunno your country, but if you’re not from the US, the people that say those jingoistic celebrations of the country are the most right wing of us. I live in a very heavily right wing state and patriotism is laid on so fucking thick because if somehow people were to take off the patriotism glasses they’d figure out they’re getting robbed blind.

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    I think a movement is putting it lightly.

    It’s probably worse than most people see on the surface and in pop culture.

    I wonder how many people are killed to protect the game they play. Sure we have the wars… But I mean like quiet murders and accidental deaths. Or people trying to start a movement and then getting manipulated and put in jail or psych…or made to be homeless.

    I think Americans are way to privileged and naive to understand the raw reality. We are groomed to NOT understand. We are submissive to a culture created by our masters and don’t question it. We know it’s real now… So i don’t understand how people think they can change it by using the systems specifically made to create the problem.

    The game players, regardless of nation, utilize the nations as tools. The nations are like a service. The nations people are the product, bought sold and traded for the benefit of the game playing elite. It’s like cattle. We are the cattle and work horse, that nation is the farm owner, and the elite own the farmer.

    It’s not what we were told. It’s not going to be fixed using the methods we were taught can fix it. I mean look where we are today… This is what following their lead got us to. The foundation is too rotted to rebuild on.

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    Send them to fight in Iran. They can stay for as long as it takes for them to pay back their fair share in taxes. Assessed by federal minimum wage, of course.