• @vzq@lemmy.world
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    705 days ago

    It’s both. Most people have no appetite or aptitude for political violence.

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      That’s just a difference in material conditions. We aren’t all at the same level of danger.

      • @Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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        135 days ago

        Aptitude is only discovered by doing, and most people don’t do a violence. So who knows how many savants are out there.

        • @vzq@lemmy.world
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          5 days ago

          Who knows! But I do reject the claim that you can’t be a leftist unless you engage in political violence.

          This is a very old controversy in Marxist circles, and it has been known to result in people getting shot. Make of that what you will.

          • @vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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            74 days ago

            As a Redneck who pulls most of his ideology from pre Marxism labor movements I propose we have those who do not fight smuggle, craft, feed, and heal.