long, re: Why capitalism is a fundamentally violent ideology 

@soop@wetdry.world Yeah, I could see that - I think that it's *possible*, but it's going to require a pretty big culture change that will take quite some time to build up. An overnight revolution isn't going to fix this.

IMO this needs to start with mutual aid (and not just one-off donations, but also more structural things), to build up alternative social support structures to keep people healthy and alive without depending on capitalist systems.

That can then serve as a starting point for a cultural change; breaking down the widespread belief that capitalism is the only way to provide for people by showing that it can be done differently (while actually doing so and supporting people in the process!), and gradually growing the movement that way.

Certainly a very slow process that involves a lot of work - but IMO a *possible* one, with many possible implementations, and that's the important part.

(I don't have strong opinions about the exact method to accomplish this; we just need to start somewhere, find something people need, and start doing that. Different people are going to have different answers to that, and that's fine. As long as it keeps moving towards the right goal.)

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