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   lina (lina@uwu.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 05:41:04 JST lina

   • djsumdog
   • FourOh-LLC
   • Nicholas Conrad
   • Arcana
   • Blurry Moon
   • Dushman

   @nicholas @djsumdog @arcana @dushman @FourOh-LLC @sun lmao supports capitalism then puts a sticker to smash it
   very hypocritical xd

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     Nicholas Conrad (nicholas@aklp.club)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 05:41:01 JST Nicholas Conrad

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     • FourOh-LLC
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     • eemmaa

     Living under capitalism doesn't somehow make you a hypocrite when you're against it.

     I don't disagree with this, I often get the inverse argument: "You claim to be a libertarian, yet you drive on government roads. Curious."

     And I have never appreciated the "don't criticize [thing] if you don't have a better solution" meta. Identifying problems is a prerequisite to finding solutions, and even if no solution exists the criticisms can still be valid and useful.

     In this case, the criticisms are (imo) not valid. They either apply in general, and therefore are not unique criticisms of capitalism in comparison to other systems, or they misidentify the cause of the issue, as in: 'authoritarian government turns out to be bad instead of good (Pikachu face); it must be capitalism's fault somehow'.

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 05:41:01 JST djsumdog

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     • FourOh-LLC
     • Nicholas Conrad
     • Arcana
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     • eemmaa
     That whole argument was really captured in that Matt Boros comic; probably the only comic people remember from that washed up artist who literally moved to Canada ...
     
     Something has never sat right with me with this comic; and I honestly have trouble wrapping my head around exactly what it is. Partly because I do make meaningful efforts to get away from systems I don't like (e.g. I didn't shop at Wal-mart from 2010 ~ 2021; and only because Target felt worse). You can't get away from everything, but a lot of people complain without making an effort .. or bitch at others saying it's not going to help when they do make an effort (e.g. non-proselyitizing vegans).
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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 05:41:03 JST Dushman

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     • djsumdog
     • FourOh-LLC
     • Nicholas Conrad
     • Arcana
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     • eemmaa

     @lina@uwu.social @nicholas@aklp.club @djsumdog@djsumdog.com @arcana@fedi.layer02.net @FourOh-LLC@pkteerium.xyz @sun@shitposter.world @eemmaa@soc0.outrnat.nl
     Iphone vuvuzela check mate gommie. Living under capitalism doesn't somehow make you a hypocrite when you're against it. Are you expecting people to live in the forest in a fucking cave while not buying anything for their views to be valid?

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 09:10:38 JST djsumdog

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     • FourOh-LLC
     • Zergling_man
     • Nicholas Conrad
     • Arcana
     • Blurry Moon
     • Dushman
     • eemmaa
     You mean versus using FreeTube, yt-dlp or an Invidious server? .. or going out of your way to exclusivity use Odysee/Rumble? ... and I mean, even Rumble has Peter Thiel as a major investor ... you can't get away from modern society unless you stop watching Internet videos all together
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 09:10:39 JST Zergling_man

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     • djsumdog
     • FourOh-LLC
     • Nicholas Conrad
     • Arcana
     • Blurry Moon
     • Dushman
     • eemmaa
     @djsumdog @lina @eemmaa @sun @FourOh-LLC @dushman @arcana @nicholas Just take a poll about how often people here connect to youtube.com.
     It's all apathy at the bottom.