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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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Wealthy, white girls, Sophia? Who is "WE"??

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

The fundamental difference between Luigi and the average American is that Luigi truly felt he was entitled to health care. He was so affronted by the injustice that he went postal over it.

Most Americans are either too demoralized or too cynical to believe they can do more than yell at a call center worker when claims are denied.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I understand why the French were fed up and went agro on the wealthy in 1789. Most Americans view the wealthy as heroes and will continue to take it up the ass without lube.

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

The wealth distribution right now in the US is almost the same as it was in France at that time

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The French were starving to death in the streets in 1789. In the US, the average poor person is exponentially more likely to suffer from obesity, than to die from lack of food.

I wouldn't hold my breath for the American people revolt like that--things are simply not nearly as bad in the US now as they were in France then, and it's ignorant to equivocate them like this.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

have you ever seen commonly malnourished people groups? rapidly putting on weight is basically the norm for them

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

If I may suggest. Work and live in a 1st World EU country and one will quickly realize how far behind the USA is and what should be fixed. Crime and violence will decrease too.

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Can you burn a Luigi board?

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Sophia Artang is fake.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Define "effective".

What changed for the better as a result of his actions, for either him or anyone else?

[–] witten@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

we've seen how wildly effective it is

No, we haven't.

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 60 points 1 week ago (6 children)

So, totally unrelated, but like hypothetically, how illegal would it be to start printing guns and giving them to people with terminal illnesses who were denied coverage? No reason in particular

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well remember the Republicans think gun control is bad, so.

It's almost like they're begging for it.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You can’t manufacture a gun for somebody else unless you’re a registered gun manufacturer. You can only make one for yourself. You can hypothetically sell/give a printed gun to someone if when you made it you didn’t intend on selling or distributing it, however many states require you to transfer that firearm via a dealer.

You would have to give/loan your cancer patient a 3d printer and maybe suggest a URL. They would have to construct the firearm themselves without help.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

What about pieces of a gun?

What if five people printed five different parts and traded them?

What if the pieces have multiple purposes, only one of which is part of the assembly of a gun?

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you can't murder people in the streets without having a badge.

yet ...

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

Sure you can. Nobody is going to stop you. Law enforcement will show up after to push brooms around and take notes, but you will already have achieved your goal.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You worry about the legality of printing a gun when you want to give it to someone to use for murder?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's an old saying, "Never commit a misdemeanor in the middle of your felony."

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Commit one crime at a time. Trying to break this is what has gotten many big fish.

Remember, they picked up Capone on tax evasion.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Indeed, don't be the dumbass who gets caught trying to hide a body because you got pulled over for speeding.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Organized crime worries about legal issues all the time, and their whole purpose is crime.

Limiting liability, and plausible deniability, is a cornerstone of literally getting away with murder.

Eh. Aligning your organization with a patron politician or police organization is how you get away with murder.

The Italian and Jewish Mafias of the 1960s were paramilitary wings of the anti-Communist movement. Once Communism was officially squashed in the 90s, they got rolled up quick.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 14 points 1 week ago

Illegal. But look into 80% lower receivers for more info.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frankly, it would be an objectively good thing if there were a trend of Luigi-esque incidents, because the only thing entrenched power structures will respond to is violence, and Luigi's methods did not leave much room for collateral damage.

We need some kind of large scale morally righteous social struggle. Perhaps, to use a turn of phrase, a jihad on health insurance.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cool, go assassinate another CEO if you actually care.

Posting on the internet does nothing.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, there might be some copycats, but I'm dubious. This reignited the healthcare and wealth gap conversation, but that's about it. Nothing meaningful will come from this in regards to our legislature taking action to help the lower and middle classes out.

This guy is likely to go to jail for a long time. Law enforcement spared no expense tracking him down, catching him within days even after making a relatively clean getaway after a fairly well executed plan. Not many people have nothing to lose and/or have no fear of those kinds of consequences.

In my opinion, until around 30% of our country is on the verge of starvation, unemployment, and/or homelessness, there won't be a mass movement that chooses to take forceful action. And even if that occurs, you can guarantee all the fancy police state surveillance they've put in place over the last 20-some-odd years will get dialed up to 11.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Fairly well-executed plan? Dude was eating in public in the same jacket he wore that day.

Not to mention going without the mask at Starbucks and keeping the manifesto and weapon.

He wasn't trying to seriously evade capture. But I think he was close to having a chance.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Posting on the internet is effectively just leafleting, but on a mass scale.

That's not nothing, but it's certainly not enough.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Fear

We all live in fear ... fear that if we speak up, we'll lose our job ... fear that once we've spoken up, we'll never be listened to again ... fear that if we lose our job, we'll never be hired again ... fear that without work and income, we won't be able to survive ... fear that we will be ostracized by everyone if they don't/won't/can't agree with us ...

... but most of all, fear that we will be destroyed by the judicial, police, security and legal system that is owned and controlled by those we try to rebel against

... and greatest of all, we will be killed for speaking out too loudly and prominently

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[–] BigLime@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Dude had the means, resources, and time to do that stuff. Really desperate people are too busy trying to survive and don't have time for all this internet fetitization.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mmm I wouldn't count them out.

[–] BigLime@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Revolutions start from the top down. Not the bottom up

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