Guy Fleegman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCapitalism is a helluva druglemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down115
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imageCapitalism is a helluva druglemmy.dbzer0.comGuy Fleegman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-26 months agoWelp, before I block you, I might as well clarify for everyone else: If consumerism was important to the rich, then they’d support UBI. They don’t make their wealth off consumerism anymore, that shit is decades old. It’s like getting mad at horse drawn carriages are overpriced.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoIf you’re going to block people for being anti-capitalist, you’re going to have to block the majority of Lemmy. Our planet cannot survive consumerism, and we don’t need to seek fleeting happiness through novelty of purchasing a product.
Welp, before I block you, I might as well clarify for everyone else:
If consumerism was important to the rich, then they’d support UBI.
They don’t make their wealth off consumerism anymore, that shit is decades old.
It’s like getting mad at horse drawn carriages are overpriced.
If you’re going to block people for being anti-capitalist, you’re going to have to block the majority of Lemmy.
Our planet cannot survive consumerism, and we don’t need to seek fleeting happiness through novelty of purchasing a product.