Blake [he/him] @ Blake @feddit.uk

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I absolutely 100% agree with you that the Tories are stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. But the article isn’t about personal allowance. If you click on the link I referenced in the original post, it takes you to an article about higher rate tax-payers. I don’t think any of us should give a shit about higher rate tax payers, and I’m not going to apologise for holding that opinion.

I’m responding to the article as it stands. Obviously the Tories aren’t good for the country economically, I think that’s self-evident, but the article is extremely misleading.

No, I’m being quite literal, women were forced into having sex that they didn’t want to, were lied to about what they were going to be doing (many were told they were going to be doing modelling photo shoots), weren’t paid what they were promised, and were physically forced into doing things they said they didn’t want to do. You can look it up

They were knowingly profiting from the rape of women, you know…

No, you’re not getting this, I’m guessing you don’t understand what I mean by direct action. I’m not saying that direct action will impact elections. I’m saying that elections aren’t the way we’ll change the system.

Elections are just smoke and mirrors to manufacture your consent and to make you compliant. When I say “get involved with direct action”, I don’t mean go campaigning for a better political party, I mean creating an alternative before tearing the state down.

Take one look at anything I have ever written on Lemmy and you’ll see that I am by no means a defender of the Tories. Speak against them all you want, I’ll not defend them, but I also won’t abide the media sharing pro-industry, pro-capitalist think-tank bullshit, which is exactly what this is - a think tank that wants the Tories to tax the wealthy even less than they currently are.

And for icing on the cake, Corporation taxes have actually decreased under the Tories from 28% in 2011

Yes, it was dropping until the relatively recent announcement that they’re increasing it to 25% for companies that earn over 250k. That’s one of the reasons why this think tank is complaining about increases of corporation tax costing households money.

the new amount it is still £2744 per household

Except it’s not. It’s £0 per household, because corporations and fossil fuel companies aren’t households. If I instituted a wealth tax on billionaires and raised £282 billion with it, that’s not costing households £10,000 each is it?

The Tories deserve tonnes of criticism about hundreds and hundreds of things they’ve done. But increasing corporation tax and the concept of a fossil fuel industry levy (as much of a total scam that the implementation is) aren’t among those issues.

Whether we have PR or not doesn’t matter, we cannot turn a system against itself. A political party disruptive to the status quo would not be allowed to gain power. Party politics will not save us. We need bold action that goes far beyond voting.

Your option is to get involved with direct action and mutual aid in your area. You can’t vote corruption out of power. Corruption basically is power. Vote for the least worst option, sure, but we need to do more. And I’m not talking about peaceful protest.

CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are all digital formats.

Oh, and for all you “vote the Tories out, get a labour government” fantasists: “the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has ruled out introducing a wealth tax or putting up the top rate of income tax”

Labour aren’t worth your vote. We need to make our own political change now.

As someone who hates the Tories, this is total bullshit reporting, actually. The £3,500 a year figure comes from “an additional £100bn a year for the exchequer – the equivalent to about £3,500 more per household”, but where is that additional £100bn coming from?

A “rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25%, the energy profits levy and the freezing of various income tax and national insurance thresholds.”

Ah yes, “various income tax rates”, that’s definitely not a reference to the top rate of income tax… which is £125k. Fuck off. I don’t give a shit about people earning that much having to pay more tax.

Fuck the Tories, they’re looting the whole country. But this is total nonsense.

You’re totally wrong, we don’t need to form any sort of formal organisation, and nobody needs to directly risk their lives in conflict.

All that we need to do is spread the message, build alternative structures - for example, workers co-operatives and housing co-operatives - and then when we have alternative structures capable of supporting it, we can collectively withhold our labour from the ruling class, causing it to collapse.

I don’t know whether or not they would let this happen peacefully, they would probably start trying to use violence against us once they realise the position that they’re in, but we should be completely capable of defending ourselves at that point.

The other benefit is that this doesn’t really need much large-scale organisation - if we focus on building systems that support us and our communities, then we kind of cut the state out automatically - if we no longer rely on it, then it doesn’t have that power over us anymore, and all it comes down to, is can they force us to serve them again? And if they can, we’re just slaves anyways.

Who is organising it? Is it possible for you to have a chat with them about why they’re supporting that charity? Could you propose an alternative for them?

No, you’re still not getting it - put the political parties aside, they’re a distraction from the real issues. They are intentionally divisive smoke screen to split the working class.

By all means, continue to vote, but stop advocating for political parties - it’s ultimately a waste of time and energy. Start working on building alternative structures to replace existing systems.

Join the IWW, get involved with direct action and mutual aid.

You’re the only person I’ve had a problem with in all of these comments, I would have really appreciated your opinion and I would have enjoyed hearing more about your experiences, but you’re talking down to me and treating me poorly for asking challenging questions and sharing non-controversial facts. Not only that but you’re making massive assumptions about my opinions and actions. And despite all of that, you still think that you’re in the right. It’s unbelievably arrogant behaviour, and I really hope you overcome it.

I would have been interested in your perspective if it wasn’t for your attitude. You seem really aggressive and chauvinistic, so I don’t really want to engage further.

Interesting, thank you for sharing. What would you say you most enjoy about vaping? How much e-liquid do you get through in, say, a month? Have you ever been tempted to try e-liquid containing nicotine?

As much as I support this, it’s not going to win this fight.

We keep fighting them by their rules, with their systems, and in the places where they are strong.

The law, the politicians, the media and the wealthy are all on their side.

Peaceful protest, legal battles, voting, the free market, regulation, international summits, agreements, accords, and treaties, all of these things have failed.

The time has long since passed to take action into our own hands and remind the ruling class who they should be afraid of.

If you’re reading this and you agree, don’t just upvote and move along. Join the IWW, search online for groups organising direct action in your area, learn about mutual aid and get out there. Share the message far and wide. We can’t just sit back and tell each-other that if we vote for the right people it’ll end this shit, because it won’t.

Tape is magnetic media and doesn’t really last long at all.

Optical media is also immune to many effects which would be likely to erase large amounts of data, such as EMP or solar radiation.

Blu-Ray discs and DVDs which last as long as 1000 years can be obtained quite cheaply, and there are optical storage media which last indefinitely, but they’re expensive.

Tape, hard drives, you’re lucky if they last 30 years.

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Advocating for genocidal acts still makes one genocidal.