https://twitter.com/C2ooth/status/1549750930194796544

  • flowernet [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    ambivalent about this non-drama because the only true thing Orwell ever wrote was that restaurants are bullshit and shouldn't exist. in communism, you will only ever eat in a house, or a public canteen.

    • ear_haver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      We don't live in communism, we live under capitalism, where restaurant staff exist and most definitely do labour.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      You'd still need workers to prepare food at canteens. And I guess machines have mostly taken over a chunk of the skilled part of a barista's job, but under communism I'd still hope we get good espresso and lattes.

      • ReformOrDDRevolution [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I feel like the people engaging in this nonsense have simply never had a really good shot of espresso. That shit is an art.

        • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah the good coffee shops are a treat I usually try to restrict to once or twice a week.

          Even with my aero press I don't have the skill or time to get on their level. Now obviously Starbucks slop isn't the same, but they're still doing work. Does the factory worker deserve a union while the artisan doesn't?

          These idiots are deranged.

    • Singerino [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      ahem he said smart hotels shouldn't exist. Different from the concept of the restaurant.

    • Candidate [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      That's pretty much just semantics, though. Public canteens would basically be socialised restaurants.