2026-01-02 06:52 UTC
Bruh, it's called a metaphor...
"The house" represents the position from which the owning class rule and the "tools" are the system that lets them rule from on high.
Yes, they are effective.... at oppressing others, which is not anywhere close to reconcilable with our ends. You cannot build a world free of oppression by using the very systems that allow them to oppress us.
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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-01-02 11:01
The reason this is sloganeering and not a valid point is that this is also an argument against buildings, screwdrivers, the internet, trains, etc. The fact is, tools depend on who uses them, and the state is not outside of class struggle but within it, meaning the proletariat can run the state to its own ends as it withers.
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@queermunist@lemmy.ml 2026-01-02 07:41
Our ends require oppressing the bourgeoisie.