• ShareMySims
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    7 hours ago

    Which is precisely why they don’t. They don’t exist to threaten the establishment, they are part of it, and are there to provide the illusion of choice so that the public feel like we’re helping while those in power do whatever they need to at our expense to keep that power. Playing by the rules and within the systems they have set out for us can and will only ever maintain the status quo.

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      1 hour ago

      This makes sense if one has never been in any sort of leadership role or public-facing organization before.

      It’s true in very narrow senses which are stretched to breaking because really it isn’t true.