• Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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    Jesus, it’s like you’re not even paying attention. The point is to make line go up! Nowwe have to sacrifice another percentage point of infant mortality deaths to the Great Line God! Do you see what your blaspheming has caused? I just hope this thread doesn’t get too many upvotes, because then we’ll need to go out and crank the orphan crushing machine, and that’s a real slog!

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    What bugs me about it is that even rich people aren’t really happy.

    If Elon musk was genuinely happy and had a fulfilling life then okay, at least you have one pro to your mountain of cons, but that’s not even true.

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    The point always has been, profit, wealth and power. The problem now is that the means of production are capable of destroying the only known planet which is capabke of sustaining life

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    The issue is we’re not all on the same page. Capitalism did a fantastic propaganda job.

    Additionally: divide and conquer.

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    Because there’s like ten guys who get to live better than God. Isn’t that what humanity is all about?

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    It’s to maintain and perpetrate a power imbalanced caste system much like feudalism that there’s the wage slaves then there’s the ruling class of “intelligent” billionaires.

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    Excellent question, and one most people don’t ask. If they did, we might not have had thousands of years of monarchies. The general public tends to tolerate a few privileged people being in charge - even though those people usually act in their own interests, considering the needs of the rest just enough to avoid losing power. No matter how much we wish for a fair and equitable system, few if any have been created on a large scale, and nobody has managed to make one work long-term.

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    the point is to breed slaves for the epstein class of course. where else can they get little boys and girls as play things. and enslave humanity all while gas lighting and fake being good while labeling everyone else evil.

  • Vegafjord - demcon@slrpnk.net
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    We do it to serve the M A C H I N E. If we serve the M A C H I N E, the M A C H I N E will serve us. May the M A C H I N E lead us into the prosperous future of progressian. Praise be upon the M A C H I N E and its blessings it has bestowed upon us. Civilization, technology, democracy, the developed world, altruism, order, philosophy and justice. May the M A C H I N E defend us against paganism, barbarism, anarchy, terrorism, laziness, disorder, movements and nature.

    • UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
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      …

      "What’s the point of genocide? It just happens. (There are no humans deliberately picking up weapons and conducting the genocide . It just happens magically!¿¡112)

      " Whats the point of crapitalism? It just happens (There are no humans deliberately participating in and enforcing a system that keeps most of the human population barely surviving paycheque to paycheque and gives fame, political power and resoirces to those who have accumulated a ton of capital. It just happens magically!¿¡112)"

      • a certified genius

      Ayo! When do the nobel prizes kn economics and sciences get handed out? We found our candidate!