• SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Much like any other status symbol, rich tools 'purchasing the rights to .jpgs' is less about the product and more about flaunting their wealth and showing the others that they belong. Though considering we're in a global pandemic, class consciousness is going up, and wealth inequality is worse than it was in France before heads started rolling, maybe boasting about spending thousands of dollars on an MSPaint quality image of some dumb bullshit isn't too wise

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      The multiple generations of domestication we've been put through all but guarantee that when the dam finally breaks, there isn't going to be a damn thing left after the flood. There will be jack and squat to "prop up" after the revolution.