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Go learn the actual history. They just come back, but worse. They also murder the entire left.
So do more than deploy guillotines? I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept...
Notice, again, how I never said that these rallies are completely ineffective. They just won't change the momentum of the current equation.
To get to guillotines, you have to change society. By the time you've changed society, you don't need the guillotines. If you focus on the guillotines instead of building that society, you will end up with a more brutal and repressive system than the one you started in. See the history of the French Revolution and the USSR.
The South of France is literally the place billionaires go to hang out on their Yachts and Russia is literally the most oppressive and exploitative oligarchy in history. Like... That shit didn't work. Not only did it not work in the long run, but it almost immediately became way worse.
If you build a society that is just and equitable, then the billionaires will starve to death because they can't exploit anyone. They will starve to death while watching the world for literally everyone else become immeasurably better.
Build a world where they have no power. And no, that doesn't mean "let's keep having rallies and hoping they'll listen." I want the billionaires to die, but I want them to die because they can't possibly integrate into a just society.
I'm not a reformist. Literally every time people talk about NoKings I write a big post about how it needs to go way fucking harder. But I am saying that focusing on vengeance doesn't built community, and community is what actually eliminates billionaires for good.
I'll definitely +1 for going way harder.
I also won't be surprised when it takes at minimum jail sentences for billionaires for things to improve.
We both know many are already guilty of several specific crimes, let alone general crimes against humanity.
I don't believe in prisons. I want them to have to answer to their victims directly. All of us, and especially those they have harmed the most. I want them to have to explain themselves.
Here's a longer form answer if you need to understand more: https://hexmhell.writeas.com/wake-me-up-when-the-guillotines-come-out