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This week, I'd like to discuss something that I've not seen discussed much elsewhere.
Many on Lemmy are the type to want to see their government go through a revolution of some kind and think that slow change is impossible, but what happens after? Say you get a group and topple the oligarchy or shitty government in power, what then?
Some Starters (and don’t feel you have to speak on all or any of them if you don’t care to):
- How do you defend what you're building from those who have more resources than you?
- What does the government look like?
- Would you keep anything from the old systems?
- What kind of leaders would you need?
- How do you stop it from turning into the NEXT horrible thing?
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Just about everyone calling for revolution is using it as a fantasy. Wanting to believe that there's a relatively quick and easy way for things to be the way they want.
But there isn't.
If we want change of any sort we need to do the work to get there, and it won't happen overnight.