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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

We consume pseudo-food, watch pseudo movies and participate in pseudo sports, heck even pseudo politics. Why pseudo? Because everything is made as cheap as possible and to distract us from the suffering that capitalism brings us so that we won't rise up.

Examples:

  • Our vegetables are genetically modified so that they grow bigger but they can't reproduce anymore and the seeds are copyrighted.
  • The movies that are watching are catered to the mainstream and don't even really get a message across. Marvel movies try to tell us that rich people with power will save the world
  • Football games are there to distract people "give them bread and games and they will never revolt"
  • The people at power, through massive propaganda, seperate our people into left and right. These two parties will then fight eachother instead of realizing who is really opressing us
[–] RememberTheApollo_ 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Comments like this always make me think of this film. One of my favorites.

https://youtu.be/cCeeTfsm8bk?si=Dn8CwEEMV9Lpt27u

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hmm.

I think capitalism isn't the problem nor is liking and consuming a product or experience. We have great products turned into entire experiences here in the US, and I'm not terribly upset anymore about it.

The problem is the late stage unchecked capitalism running rampant. I think allowing individuals the freedom to pursue their ideas and allow others to even build livelihoods from it works great. But there's gotta be checks and balances, its what the USA was founded on.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

He’s not wrong

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am with Anon. It’s all kinda surreal now. But I’m gonna live it up the way I know how.

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[–] Nutterthebutter 6 points 1 year ago

This is when you get off social media and live life with your family. It's so easy to fall into that mindset when you're going to areas where people crowd together since it ends up with large scope views and ideas.

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