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'''Reds''' refer to anti-capitalists, specifically communists, who adopted this as their signal colour long ago. It stands for the blood shed by workers in the wage slavery system, and by soldiers in the wars started by capitalists for their own profit (yeah ok don't blame me I'm just the [[troll]]). They tend to really dislike workplace practices that exploit people like [[prison labour]] or [[child labour]] or [[slavery]], although they see these as part of capitalism. They often focus on specific individual media barons or corporate figures as 'the worst problem' at any point in time, and distrust even [[Greens]] and [[Pinks]] in many cases. | '''Reds''' are a notable global [[faction]] of people with common values. | ||
[[Consumerium:We|We]] hope the [[Wikipedia red faction]] will come and regroup here before taking another crack at the racists and fascists there! | |||
''The rest of what is said here is controversial and intends to summarize how Reds will fit into the [[Consumerium social club]] and influence perhaps the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]]. Since Reds must define their own values and concerns, '''''no one who does not consider themselves a Red''''' should edit this article - what is here is only for illustration & discussion, and a copy of the original has been archived, so feel free to REDit this now.'' | |||
Used politically it will usually refer to anti-capitalists, specifically communists, who adopted this as their signal colour long ago. It stands for the blood shed by workers in the wage slavery system, and by soldiers in the wars started by capitalists for their own profit (yeah ok don't blame me I'm just the [[troll]]). They tend to really dislike workplace practices that exploit people like [[prison labour]] or [[child labour]] or [[slavery]], although they see these as part of capitalism. They often focus on specific individual media barons or corporate figures as 'the worst problem' at any point in time, and distrust even [[Greens]] and [[Pinks]] in many cases. | |||
Accordingly, there will likely be a [[faction]] of Reds in the [[Consumerium social club]] and they very likely will insist on some [[factionally defined]] terms and [[standard label]]s for products produced by [[fair trade]] criteria. | Accordingly, there will likely be a [[faction]] of Reds in the [[Consumerium social club]] and they very likely will insist on some [[factionally defined]] terms and [[standard label]]s for products produced by [[fair trade]] criteria. | ||