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  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I mean people live in a world where not being greedy means that they might die of starvation along with their family

    them acting greedy when under threat for not acting greedy is not indicative of how people would act while not being threatened

    capitalism saying people are like this unprompted is like a cop saying people love getting out of their car and presenting their licenses

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      im not convinced 'fighting to survive in a cruel world' is the definition of greed tbqh

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        it's not perfectly self sacrificing and selfless but we are Communists not saints.

        we are in fact asking for the world we just also want to share it

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I refuse to humor some false equivalency between billionaires and people that just want to survive with less suffering.

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I don't consider greed to be an insult when people accuse unions of being greedy I say yeah they want more why don't you

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              "Fuck you, pay me" is not the same thing as billionaires burning the planet down to watch the high score rise.

              • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                no billionaires are destructive and awful obviously their greed is out of control but also I don't know any billionaires I can't really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv

                I can understand the suffering that capitalism causes because I can see it. The rich people live out of town

                • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  I can’t really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv

                  Without doxxing myself, I can say that I have been in the same room as billionaires during at least one social function. What I saw was what I got: they are paper-thin and skin-crawlingly insulated from the rest of us. We're toys to them.

                  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    that's more or less what i expected

                    I still hate bookies and landlords more but because I see their effects more directly

                    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                      2 years ago

                      The creepiest part was it was during a charity function. Someone bragging about charity couldn't hide their contempt for poor people. It was a flex, and nothing more.

                      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                        2 years ago

                        rich people engage in charity traditionally as a means of exercising control and getting a power thrill

                        they're there to hear poor people beg for their life and occasionally helping is the cost of the show