#capitalism

[politijohn]

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[rugmunchiez]

As someone who has ADHD and is Bipolar depressive, there have been many times in my life I would have been labeled as a "lazy system abuser," due to my sleeping 12 to 15 hours a day and inability to hold a full time job, among other things. If I'd have had a system that wanted to support me, maybe my depressive episodes would have been shortened, or I may have had enough time to find a job more applicable to my talents. I am now comfortably able to work a full-time 9 to 5 without major difficulties. Now that i am a part of the greater system, I would be happy to have my money go to the pocket of people who are going through struggles like i did. I want to pay for the depressed person to get their meds and some ice cream. I want to pay for the amputees' new prosthetic and for them to take 6 months off work to get used to it. I want to pay for the young family's daycare so the parents can focus on furthering their education and becoming doctors. What is wrong with that? I don't want to pay for missiles that are going to be dropped on civilian homes. I don't want to pay for a puppet government in another country. I don't want to pay for a company to get out of debt that it put itself in through overproduction and poor business choices. Think about where your taxes actually go and who you actually want to help.

[politijohn]

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[political-us]

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

"In this society, nearl all power is distributed according to the imperative to turn a profit. And since the essence of profit is the concentrating of wealth in fewer hands, it should be no surprise that the disparities in our society are intensifying so rapidly." - Crimethinc, Anti-Work: From "I Quit" to "We Revolt"

[tsolarprincess]

Capitalism ended up being everything they warned us communism would be

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[justsomeantifas]

People are so broken rn

Was describing a relative dying in the hospital rn and a response from a friend of a friend was “Wow they suck they should get therapy.” … buddy

anyway therapy talk and all that garbage was a mistake imo.

[scentedluminarysoul]

In Germany you could serve 5 years minimum for pirating a movie

A fact that we were reminded of every time we went to the cinema, as there were shirt films between the pre movie trailers showcasing it. Most common was a mother and small child singing Happy Birthday outside a prison for the father inside, and the child asks the mother when he's going to come home

Utterly fucking insane. Rape has less minimum

prison is fucked up regardless but the fact that you can do a prison sentence for copyright infringement is especially insane to me. you deserve to lose your autonomy because we might have potentially made money from that thing. i imagined you did a crime against me so now one day you'll have to hear your son ask his mother who you are.

[politijohn]

It’s quite clear the Democratic Party’s coordinated message rn is “don’t ask us to do anything meaningful” amidst an unprecedented right-wing government takeover.

Utterly bleak.

[probablyasocialecologist]

To coincide with the launch of Oxfam’s Davos 2025 report, Takers, not Makers, Naf and Max interview acclaimed author, academic and activist Jason Hickel.

Find out how our world is still organised primarily to benefit a small group of white men in rich countries and what we can do to stop this.

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

America has two Daddies as dictators now. Nice.

[jabronibaloney]

If I were that rich, everyone would see more of me. Much like the plot to "Welcome to Me". (After donating tons of money to aid groups and anarchist groups throughout the world)

[mariamlaila]

working at a corporate cubicle desk job hits different after watching Severance

[everythingisliminal]

Rest is a meticulous love practice. It is a correction to our bodies from the violence of living in a capitalist, white supremacist system. It is a radical love for yourself and others in a place that views your body simply as a tool for it to use and own. I believe we don't belong to these systems.

- Tricia Hersey, Rest is Resistance, p. 147-148

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