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>Collective action Pray tell, what collective action? Are you going to boycott McKinsey? Write to the same congress representatives that companies like McKinse
by troughway 6y ago
>Collective action
Pray tell, what collective action? Are you going to boycott McKinsey? Write to the same congress representatives that companies like McKinsey personally finance and wine and dine and call in for favors?
Do share, we are all curious what is this collective action that will somehow lead to enlightenment of "building a common understanding of what the problems are and what should be done about them."
Billionaires are the untouchable class of people. They don't answer to anyone. They quite literally own and run the country. I don't know why it's difficult for the rational person to get this through their heads. The last thing you will see is them being in any kind of trouble about it. We can discuss the failing of a company like Enron another time. They really fucked the dog and in much the same way as Jeffrey Epstein hanging himself in a high security prison, pissed off other billionaires who are the only people who can get some sense of action out of the legal system on each other.
- ahelwer 6y agoNo, writing to congresspeople is useless. There are a few possibly viable strategies: one, fill as many elected positions as possible with leftist candidates. Two, build power of labor unions to achieve democratic control over the sources of profit. Three, well... revolution, if the above two fail. The ultimate backstop. Would be happy to hear any other suggestions.
- troughway 6y ago>viable strategies >leftist candidates >democratic control over the sources of profit >revolution Are you taking me for a ride here? I can't tell if you're LARPing or not. This is exactly what I am talking about. HN crowd is so disconnected from reality, that people on here, without a moment of self reflection, literally believe "revolution" is a viable answer to something like this. Yeah, you go and get started on that, internet soldier.
- ahelwer 6y agoYour solution seems to be somewhere between "lie down and rot" or "just let it happen", so not sure you have standing to criticize.
- Shacklet0n 6y agoPray tell, have you ever heard of the French Revolution?