this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Your ancestors knew that doing stuff like that wasn't sustainable. However, instead of leaving the door closed, they opened the door nice and wide, exploited it as long as they could, and then welded the door shut so that no one else could take advantage of the leftovers.