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minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·14 hours agoCapitalism 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.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 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.
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 hours agoI will not have my honor impugned by suggesting I support a system with pants.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·14 hours agoThen leave out the unnecessary “but other systems are bad too” whataboutism 🤷🏻
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 hours agoDo those systems have pants? Then I think they’re bad, too.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoAgain, 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.
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoI’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.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoThat part’s fair, I guess 🤷🏻
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.
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.
I will not have my honor impugned by suggesting I support a system with pants.
Then leave out the unnecessary “but other systems are bad too” whataboutism 🤷🏻
Do those systems have pants? Then I think they’re bad, too.
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.
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.
That part’s fair, I guess 🤷🏻