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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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[–] MiddleWeigh 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Capitalism is anarchism for shitty people.

[–] havokdj 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anarchism is capitalism for based people!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some retirement saving schemes may be a pyramid scheme. When the population growth stagnates, there will not be enough young people to produce for everyone.

[–] TrickDacy 2 points 1 year ago

This is the ideal shower thought imo. Concise, absolutely true, and something you wouldn't realize on a daily basis (at least not in these terms)

[–] nxfsi 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminds me of that famous Churchill quote about democracy

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yes, but you're going to find the same thing with Communism.

Too many shitty greedy people at the top, too many plebs with fuck all at the bottom.

And while you may be thinking "I could live on a commune, spend an hour a day growing our own food and have all that time left for whatever else I want", you'll quickly find you can't grow your own 65" OLED television or whatever other comforts you've become accustomed to.

The billionaires need reining in, and better distribution of wealth all around the bottom, but capitalism ain't going anywhere.

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