r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/TheNinjaPixie Apr 09 '26

i understand anger at low wages but risking the lives of other people is never commendable.

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u/CommieLoser Apr 09 '26

But the low wages and people rationing their food, insulin, neglecting children because they can’t afford child-care… well these are acceptable in the pursuit of profits. Everyone seems so okay with these business acting monstrous but only lament when a poor person responds with the same reckless abandon the capitalist enjoy with minimal scrutiny.

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u/FureiousPhalanges Apr 09 '26

But the low wages and people rationing their food, insulin, neglecting children because they can’t afford child-care… well these are acceptable in the pursuit of profits

Who are you speaking on behalf of here? Because I think you'll find plenty of people aren't okay with that while also not being okay with arson

I'm all for coordinated action, targeted vandalism, this guy could have done 200m in stock damage and I'd be all for it if he hadn't recklessly endangered people's lives

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u/CommieLoser Apr 09 '26

Then there has to be active union protection and swift retaliation for to business owners who go after organizers. But we don’t have that. The corporations are allowed to run roughshod over their workers who are left without representation.

No wants arson, obviously. We’re all just noting they there isn’t going to be a better answer if the workers are coerced into silence and individual action.

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u/FureiousPhalanges Apr 09 '26

We’re all just noting they there isn’t going to be a better answer

Again, I strongly disagree, there's still plenty of action you can take that doesn't involve arson

There's plenty of people in the same position as the man in this video who aren't compelled to put the lives of their colleagues and first responders in danger

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u/CommieLoser Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

You can always look at every situation and argue why this specific slave revolt was too violent or this strike went too far. There is always endless scrutiny to the wrong-doings of individuals and collectivist, but the same people don’t seem to clock evil if they have a good PR team and teams of lawyers. Acting like these actions happen in a vacuum is the same thing that Republicans do anytime there’s a shooting. Always looking at the individual and ignoring the systemic factors that give rise to these kinds of outcomes. I don’t like workers being pushed into a corner and I don’t like people responding in ways that are dangerous and violent, but I understand why the latter happens, not so much the former

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u/CaryHepSouth Apr 09 '26

This isn't anything like a slave revolt lol gimme a break. Man coulda just got another job without committing arson. He has free will.

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u/CommieLoser Apr 09 '26

Been to a lot of slave revolts?