• Boomer Humor Doomergod
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    16 hours ago

    I’m just trying not to replace this with something worse.

    But since I know history I get to watch humans make the same mistakes over and over again.

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      12 hours ago

      Fun fact: not questioning capitalism inevitably leads to EXTRA awfulness added as the people at the top use their outsized wealth and influence to remake society based on their stupid and/or selfish ideas.

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        12 hours ago

        Capitalism sucks ass, for its own unique reasons and for reasons it shares with other economic systems.

        If it’s replaced with another system with clocks and pants and jobs I’ll hate that one too.

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          12 hours ago

          Capitalism sucks ass

          Yup. You can stop there.

          No need to tack on the whataboutism in a transparent attempt to argue in favor of it without being seen doing so.

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                  12 hours ago

                  Again, that’s not the point.

                  With the possible exception of fundamentalist anarcho-primitism, all systems tend to involve pants one way or the other.

                  That DOESN’T preclude you from criticizing the system currently ruining the world more than any other without a whataboutism caveat.

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                    12 hours ago

                    I’ve long ago come to terms with the fact that I will never be truly happy.

                    But I’m not going to pretend I like pants.