https://lemmy.ml/post/23269305

there was no good-faith and productive discussion to be had when you celebrate murder

how can you call others a tankie when you dance on graves as they do?

i have sympathy for the americans who are wronged by the man murdered but instead of violence maybe you consider reading a book to understand the world around you and be open to the power of faith to restore your love of humanity instead of parading violence

  • SeducingCamel [he/him]
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    11 days ago

    Met with a dude from LinkedIn once and thought I had a cool sounding job opportunity until he wanted me to read that guy's book on how multi level marketing is the coolest thing ever

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      11 days ago

      I have seen nearly that exact same story so many times. it's like from some MLM recruiter playbook. I guess it works enough times that they keep doing it.

      the only time I've ever seen a physical copy of that bullshit was one Xmas my dumbass boomer parents reserved some short term rental in my neighborhood to visit. the price was insane because the housing situation in my town was fucked and let these assholes snap up all the inventory. so when I went over to visit and saw a bookshelf, I went at it like a missile.

      this book. some Dave Ramsey shit. a ton of reactionary bullshit, ton of chud lit.

      • SeducingCamel [he/him]
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        10 days ago

        Yeah I can see how they reel people in, it felt like I was being guilted into the next meeting and led along, it was vague and he didn't even say the name was amway until the 4th time we talked. The original pitch was "my good friends started this small company and want to help other ent"