Some people will read this and say with a straight face that “violence is never the answer,” and I just want to know what the fuck it’s going to take for them to understand that no, actually, it seems in this particular case violence is the only answer.

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Some people will read this and say with a straight face that “violence is never the answer,” and I just want to know what the fuck it’s going to take for them to understand that no, actually, it seems in this particular case violence is the only answer. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages

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Like, these folks understand that those CEOs are just “people” who lack integrity and empathy, right? And that you can’t expect them to correct their behavior without the proper incentives, which in this case are reminders of what it’s like to be truly, viscerally afraid?

They only understand violence and fear as abstract notions because they almost exclusively commit or spread them from afar. (Aside from the ones who prey on their partners, children, and others who can’t defend themselves.) In the absence of governments willing to intervene, a better understanding of what it’s like to experience these things as real, as something that can arrive from within arm’s reach, is required.

Some people are pointing out how serious the ordinary person should be taken once gas hits $5 per gallon. What about when grocery stores are empty? Or when swaths of the country become uninhabitable because of wildfires and flooding and other climate-related disasters?