Blake

They were knowingly profiting from the rape of women, you know…

You’re totally wrong, we don’t need to form any sort of formal organisation, and nobody needs to directly risk their lives in conflict.

All that we need to do is spread the message, build alternative structures - for example, workers co-operatives and housing co-operatives - and then when we have alternative structures capable of supporting it, we can collectively withhold our labour from the ruling class, causing it to collapse.

I don’t know whether or not they would let this happen peacefully, they would probably start trying to use violence against us once they realise the position that they’re in, but we should be completely capable of defending ourselves at that point.

The other benefit is that this doesn’t really need much large-scale organisation - if we focus on building systems that support us and our communities, then we kind of cut the state out automatically - if we no longer rely on it, then it doesn’t have that power over us anymore, and all it comes down to, is can they force us to serve them again? And if they can, we’re just slaves anyways.

No, you’re still not getting it - put the political parties aside, they’re a distraction from the real issues. They are intentionally divisive smoke screen to split the working class.

By all means, continue to vote, but stop advocating for political parties - it’s ultimately a waste of time and energy. Start working on building alternative structures to replace existing systems.

Join the IWW, get involved with direct action and mutual aid.

I would have been interested in your perspective if it wasn’t for your attitude. You seem really aggressive and chauvinistic, so I don’t really want to engage further.

As much as I support this, it’s not going to win this fight.

We keep fighting them by their rules, with their systems, and in the places where they are strong.

The law, the politicians, the media and the wealthy are all on their side.

Peaceful protest, legal battles, voting, the free market, regulation, international summits, agreements, accords, and treaties, all of these things have failed.

The time has long since passed to take action into our own hands and remind the ruling class who they should be afraid of.

If you’re reading this and you agree, don’t just upvote and move along. Join the IWW, search online for groups organising direct action in your area, learn about mutual aid and get out there. Share the message far and wide. We can’t just sit back and tell each-other that if we vote for the right people it’ll end this shit, because it won’t.

Advocating for genocidal acts still makes one genocidal.

It is long past time for the people responsible to be brought to justice. If our current society and system are not capable of doing so, then they must be replaced as soon as possible

All of the evidence says that vaping is much less harmful than smoking, so I’m afraid that I will have to disagree with you on that. This kind of misinformed comment is not helpful to discourage vaping, as it just makes all anti-vaping messaging seem deceptive, which is why I asked for personal stories from people about their experience.

I agree with what you wrote about vape products being marketed at young people, but that isn’t the focus of this post.

Thank you for sharing, this is very insightful.

So it’s a monetary thing, mainly? If it was cheap would you still want to quit?

I’m very curious on the topic - having had many friends and relatives who have started vaping, I wanted to get an understanding of the topic, both in terms of health data, but also the perspectives of people who vape.

It’s incredibly difficult to get good, clear information about this - lots of responses are from smokers talking about how much better vaping is than smoking - but we know that kids/teens have been picking up vaping at a high rate without ever having smoked and have been doing so now for a number of years, so those responses aren’t helpful.

On the other hand, when it comes to finding the negatives of vaping, it’s very difficult - so much has been written about one or two overblown stories (e.g. vitamin E acetate in THC vapes, or issues involving black-market or gray-market vapes/nicotine solutions) which absolutely drowns out the ability to find information about the negative health effects of a typical vape user buying name-brand products from reputable suppliers.

Long story short, I’m just trying to gather opinions and personal experience with vaping products. I have no real opinion either way, I’m just looking for the truth.

If you do want to help people avoid nicotine, all of the research has shown that the best anti-smoking campaigns used storytelling and strong emotional messaging - so I would encourage you to share your story if you’ve had a negative experience with vaping.

Edit: I just saw your edit saying my questions were a bit specific, it’s possibly my autism or something that makes me inclined to the way I asked, if that helps. It’s genuinely just curiosity, I’m just weird, haha

Thanks for sharing - but why? What is your reason for quitting?

People who refuse to acknowledge forced sterilisation as genocide are genuinely some of the worst type of people.

I don't think you should be sterilised but I do think you should stop being such an ignoramus.