I will bet you 100 logan bucks that 95% of the bazingas who get scammed and then complain also espouse the "socialism won't work because are humans are inherently greedy" line
is it greed or is it wanting to live a life not in stress? greed is wanting unlimited wealth, private jets, etc. if me wanting to live a life without stress with a garden on my porch is greed i guess im the greediest motherfucker alive, which is an absurd definition
Yea I am conflating greed with self-interest needlessly, you could call greed self-interest which steps on or neglects others, or is mindlessly focused on enjoying yourself (sometimes to the point it goes against your self-interest in the long run)
pretty pedantic. the system itself steps on everyone. by your definition, that means everyone is inherently greedy or 'self interested' as a result of the system despite wanting the same general ungreedy and unselfish desire of simple lives without stress. its a misanthropic view of the world. people can be misled by the greedy, of course, its what greedy people are good at.
No if you read what I said, it's that greed is the point self-interest crosses over into being bad. Self-interest is just wanting a good life for yourself. You guys are all online as shit goddamn you're not being raided by libertarians. It's 2022.
no billionaires are destructive and awful obviously their greed is out of control but also I don't know any billionaires I can't really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv
I can understand the suffering that capitalism causes because I can see it. The rich people live out of town
I will bet you 100 logan bucks that 95% of the bazingas who get scammed and then complain also espouse the "socialism won't work because are humans are inherently greedy" line
i usually just say 'nah, .1% of the human population are inherently greedy, the rest are just brainwashed'
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2 day old account :suswcc:
is it greed or is it wanting to live a life not in stress? greed is wanting unlimited wealth, private jets, etc. if me wanting to live a life without stress with a garden on my porch is greed i guess im the greediest motherfucker alive, which is an absurd definition
Yea I am conflating greed with self-interest needlessly, you could call greed self-interest which steps on or neglects others, or is mindlessly focused on enjoying yourself (sometimes to the point it goes against your self-interest in the long run)
pretty pedantic. the system itself steps on everyone. by your definition, that means everyone is inherently greedy or 'self interested' as a result of the system despite wanting the same general ungreedy and unselfish desire of simple lives without stress. its a misanthropic view of the world. people can be misled by the greedy, of course, its what greedy people are good at.
No if you read what I said, it's that greed is the point self-interest crosses over into being bad. Self-interest is just wanting a good life for yourself. You guys are all online as shit goddamn you're not being raided by libertarians. It's 2022.
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This is the meltdown lmao. They're going hard about being cool than everyone else here. Self esteem got hurt that quickly
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Telling him you hope he has a nice day really seems to blow a circuit.
i aint online im just a monkey shitting on a keyboard im not even looking at a screen or anything, this is all autonomous
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based, though i would like to mention you post at a higher rate than i do :unsus:
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Mods!!!!! Mods there is a debate bro in my mentions!!!!!!
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I mean people live in a world where not being greedy means that they might die of starvation along with their family
them acting greedy when under threat for not acting greedy is not indicative of how people would act while not being threatened
capitalism saying people are like this unprompted is like a cop saying people love getting out of their car and presenting their licenses
im not convinced 'fighting to survive in a cruel world' is the definition of greed tbqh
it's not perfectly self sacrificing and selfless but we are Communists not saints.
we are in fact asking for the world we just also want to share it
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I don't consider greed to be an insult when people accuse unions of being greedy I say yeah they want more why don't you
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no billionaires are destructive and awful obviously their greed is out of control but also I don't know any billionaires I can't really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv
I can understand the suffering that capitalism causes because I can see it. The rich people live out of town
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that's more or less what i expected
I still hate bookies and landlords more but because I see their effects more directly
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rich people engage in charity traditionally as a means of exercising control and getting a power thrill
they're there to hear poor people beg for their life and occasionally helping is the cost of the show
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