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minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 days agoNo one has ever earned anything by refusing to do something. You earn things by doing something else instead. Without doing something else instead, refusal doesn’t accomplish anything.
minus-squaregnufuu@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIsn’t this just semantics? Aren’t there plenty of examples where refusing to work, eat, obey, ignore, etc. has achieved something?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoNot really, it was the negotiations and demands around those refusals. I object to any viewpoint that implies inaction itself is somehow revolutionary.
No one has ever earned anything by refusing to do something. You earn things by doing something else instead.
Without doing something else instead, refusal doesn’t accomplish anything.
Isn’t this just semantics? Aren’t there plenty of examples where refusing to work, eat, obey, ignore, etc. has achieved something?
Not really, it was the negotiations and demands around those refusals. I object to any viewpoint that implies inaction itself is somehow revolutionary.