@FvckY0u Not an illusion to people of Gaza dying courtesy of US munitions.

@FvckY0u Theoretically, they don't have power over the masses, but at the same time, that is only true if the vast majority of the peasants have the guts and trust in their fellow peasants, to rise up together and risk being persecuted or crushed, as a movement, by the ruling class, and their compliant cops and military. And so far in my life, woke, informed, and revolution-minded, peaceful or violent it might have to be, peasants like you and me, are way outnumbered by sheeple, who are either too ignorant or apathetic to know and see who their real enemy is, or are too demoralized or gutless, to ever take on the system, and fight the power, either politically or violently.

So until the vast majority of sheeple change, all you and I can do is helplessly deplore the situation. I am not holding my breath, Darren, because as I've gotten older, I have only seen things get worse, and thus have no reason to be optimistic and expect change for the better before I am dead.

@FvckY0u Doesn't really matter, until enough people are opting out and resisting, to make it a critical mass, and we are a long ways away from ever being a critical mass..

@FvckY0u I hope I am proven wrong, but so far, history has only proven me right, as, since the early 70s, the only progressive changes we have seen have been on culture war stuff and identity politics issues, nothing since then that affected economic policies, war, the environment, and issues of power, all because we have two pro-war, pro-empire, and pro-corporate major parties, while workers, unions, and consumers, no longer have any real representation, at least any representation with real power, in either party. So we continue to get what we get. And always will, as long as people keep voting within the duopoly, and money continues to decide everything, rather than what the voters want for policies. The voters are allowed a say on things like ID politics and culture war shit, because those issues cost the rich and corporations nothing at all, but on everything else, only the donors are given any say in what policies are actually implemented, while the pols lie and pretend to care about the wishes of voters on those issues of money and power, until the election is over..

@FvckY0u Well, you'll just have to supply enough optimism, on your part, to be enough for both of us, because I see no evidence to have any, on my part.