A Boring Dystopia

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Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We didn't choose the system. I wasn't handed a ballot when I was born, were you? Capitalism developed in specific historic and material conditions not by popular choice but by the logical consequences of those conditions.

[–] xenoclast 1 points 3 months ago

No, but I have a sense of responsibility greater than just my personal needs. I can conceptualize problems that I didn't create, are still ones that I'm responsible for dealing with.