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A society in which it's everyone for themselves, that refuses to care for one another, is no society at all. Then everyone acts shocked and horrified at someone who understandably snaps, like modern western culture doesn't run entirely on schadenfreude.

That was the crux of the idea of a social contract, which is long dead in the US. Now people line up to revel in the suffering of their fellow citizens with "well you were stupid to do xyz in life, so you deserve your suffering haha."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You say that as if they (the plutocrats that own you and I) could destroy it twice. They moved on to fully legalizing political bribery. Until undone, they don't need to do that twice either. Now they're unhappy with the reproduction rate of their capital batteries, so bye bye abortion "rights."

The corrupt politicians convinced the people to give the rich people their share in hopes that it'll get urinated back on them with interest. Our institutions have been captured, political bribery is legal. The people arent unredeemable, the current system that oppresses them is. We can stretch that pain out over generations, or we can stop playing the torturer's sick game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can't tell if you're even trying to support your original claim in the actual post anymore. Is this a complaint about society or the government institution. They are not the same.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

again, you're talking about everyone being terrible people because of corrupt leadership.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No he's talking about Systems being terrible, not only because of their current leadership but by their design. Not everyone is terrible but we all get pushed to be terrible by a system that is terrible for all but the most fortunate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you, exactly what I meant but you said it more succinctly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That's not what the original post claims though. It's fine if it's about systems, but then they should clarify their post.