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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Whereas, I love new words. They literally delight me.

It's not about the mere sum of syllables. Rather, someone figured out a new concept, they saw a recurring phenomenon, framed it and gave it a name. And by doing that, shared with the rest of us the means to recognize and identify it.

Naming a demon doesn't destroy it, but is a solid first step. Once we recognize a problem we can brainstorm for solutions or at least recognize it's a failing of the larger paradigm.

Financialization and enshitification, for example are symptoms of the late stage and imminent collapse of capitalist societies, something Marx predicted more generally in Das Kapital.

You can hulk out about the leverage misused and abused by the owner class over the working class, but they have armies, so it's better to lay low unless you're willing to sacrifice yourself.

The more effective solution is to get organized and leverage the will of the people to force the owner class to capitulate and surrender their ill-gotten gains. But that isn't easy. We're struggling in the US to organize the twelve million people necessary to make a general strike effective, or, if we want to be dramatic, marching on the White House to great a risk for an anti-riot response.

We have words for those things too.

But yeah, it sucks to feel alone and helpless in the face of billionaires who can just bribe officials and take things. A lot of us are feeling it.

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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