this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

western teenagers praising capitalism

the children sewing their clothes, harvesting their food, mining their metals, ...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"You criticize society, yet you partake in it. I am very smart."

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty much the opposite of what I said. Bangladeshi children sewing your clothes under horrible conditions while H&M and it's shareholders make billions isn't (for the most part) your personal moral failing, but a systemic issue within and due to capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genuinely, sorry. Misread your comment as "praising communism". Must've been tired or something.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Very very far from what they just said, but hey, you wanna reference a meme, who am I to stop you

[–] astral_avocado 3 points 1 year ago

Mmmmm, child labor