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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/rankpapers on 2025-01-24 19:16:05+00:00.

When they’re so dead-set on maintaining the status quo, how do we make them remember Luigi? How do we make sure they never forget? Everyone is waiting for SOMEONE to do SOMETHING. Now, that’s not to advocate for violence. I think most can agree that in an ideal world there isn’t any need for acts of violence. But holy hell, is this world so far from ideal. It’s important to recognize that economic violence and state violence are real, and that they have real-world physical implications on the lives of those affected by them. It’s important to understand that if people are continuously pushed to the brink, it’s damn near inevitable some are going to be pushed over the edge into physical violence. It’s important to remember this, and to make sure those doing the pushing remember it too.

For some reason it’s the people who profit the most from our current system that are always so quick to forget just how precarious it really is. No matter how civilized our society may seem, the option for brutality and destruction are always only a hair’s breadth away. One too many missed meals. One too many dashed hopes. If they aren’t going to hold up their end of the bargain, why the hell should the rest of us?

Again, that’s not to advocate for violence…but rather to point out that violence is already happening and to advocate for change. It’s about reminding those who need to be reminded that if they persist in their wanton pillaging of this world, then they are inviting violence upon themselves. We’ve seen a small minority ride roughshod over everyone else, and we’ve seen the violence that this type of blatant disregard can lead to. Luigi showed us what is possible.

If they don’t want to change on their own, then it falls upon us to remind them what the other option looks like. If they refuse to change, it’s up to us fucking scare them.

SOMEONE needs to do SOMETHING.

That someone is me. That someone is you. That someone is all of us.