I propose we call it the Luigi Movement

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    9 days ago

    Something with a sharp downward movement. On an unrelated note. I like French furniture.

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    I think a movement is putting it lightly.

    It’s probably worse than most people see on the surface and in pop culture.

    I wonder how many people are killed to protect the game they play. Sure we have the wars… But I mean like quiet murders and accidental deaths. Or people trying to start a movement and then getting manipulated and put in jail or psych…or made to be homeless.

    I think Americans are way to privileged and naive to understand the raw reality. We are groomed to NOT understand. We are submissive to a culture created by our masters and don’t question it. We know it’s real now… So i don’t understand how people think they can change it by using the systems specifically made to create the problem.

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    For decades the Epstein class has been grooming Americans to ridicule the French. Because the last thing they want is for Americans to get inspiration from any historical French solutions.

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    Send them to fight in Iran. They can stay for as long as it takes for them to pay back their fair share in taxes. Assessed by federal minimum wage, of course.

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    We need a new social contract that makes accumulating more than a regular lifetime’s amount of money unappealing.

    We need solutions that are appealing to all parties even if there are losers. The trick is getting the losers to accept it without coercion.

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    As an American I can tell you that the biggest hurdle to starting any sort of revolution or meaningful societal change is finding leadership willing to risk having a target on their backs to rally the masses to action. Anyone willing to be the first to step up will be harassed, pursued, abused, and potentially killed.

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      There are plenty of leaders to follow, plenty of groups to join, plenty of events to attend.

      This type of information isn’t broadcast on the local news. You have to go looking for like-minded people.

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        Dunno your country, but if you’re not from the US, the people that say those jingoistic celebrations of the country are the most right wing of us. I live in a very heavily right wing state and patriotism is laid on so fucking thick because if somehow people were to take off the patriotism glasses they’d figure out they’re getting robbed blind.

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    9 days ago

    Luigi Mario is one of the richest video game characters in existence. His networth after inheriting that haunted mansion is enormous. The gems he finds alone are worth hundreds of millions.