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Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MrWrinkles@leminal.space 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Define painful. There's nothing stopping us from starting co-ops for nearly everything. But the will has to be there. Too many people are happy with what they have. Violence only breeds more violence. Full stop. All it takes is a viral moment.

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Co-ops, unions, small businesses are very beneficial many-fold. The disconnect from those benefits happens when a bigbox entity imparts people with sticker shock, or bargains, or lowest price guarantees. It's not just a peoples' will -- it was will\choice becomes hidden or removed when bigbox puts down too many big roots.

I believe painful will be the transition because it will be long-drawn and painfully slow, to bounce back. Reasoning example- "...too many people are happy with what they have".

[–] lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not American so I won't claim to know what needs to happen. But from an outside observer, it seems that the majority are complacent and willing to sacrifice those "below" them to keep treading water.

Which isn't uniquely American - complacency and a lack of compassion is an issue in a lot of places. But America is definitely showing us how dangerous it can be when enough people have the "ehh, I'm still surviving so yeah this isn't great but oh well, go with the flow" kind of mindset/action.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's nothing stopping us from starting co-ops for nearly everything

There sure as hell is. Economics, wealth distribution, regulation, human needs for shelter food and clothing, law enforcement, lobbyists...