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I sincerely hope you belong to the class of people making money off skimming regulations and immoral business practices. You know, one of the people who benefit

I sincerely hope you belong to the class of people making money off skimming regulations and immoral business practices. You know, one of the people who benefits from US being what US is. One of the 'rich people' Because if you are not, if you are actually one of the plebs, this adoration of the corporate boot and arguing against your interests as a customer is pretty sad.

sillysaurus3 10y ago
I read 1984 when I was in my teens, and I remember being let down by it. It was so outlandishly comical that it was impossible to take it seriously. Then I was incredulous that more and more people were saying 1984 was starting to match reality. Remember the "daily hate"? That's pretty much what's going on here. Not only do people thoroughly enjoy the act of hating something, but entire communities form whose explicit purpose is to do this. And of course, no one wants to admit that they're hating people, so they construct comfortable euphemisms and say they're hating systems, not people. It's a "corporate boot," not a person. It's much easier to frame anyone who interrupts your daily hate as an outsider than to face the reality of what you're doing.
- ItendToDisagree 10y ago
  FAKE NEWS! WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH EURASIA! You misunderstand 1984 bigly. SAD.
- dagenleg 10y ago
  So your point is that we should not criticize despicable business practices, because those businesses are headed by people. And we should not 'hate' people because that is bad, I guess? Definitely, next time we catch Nestle aggressively pushing their formula in Africa or private prison companies bribing judges to jail kids for minor offences I will stay my outrage. Of course, the companies are not just faceless abstracts, they are people, that absolves them of all the guilt.

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I sincerely hope you belong to the class of people making money off skimming regulations and immoral business practices. You know, one of the people who benefit

by dagenleg 10y ago

sillysaurus3 10y ago
I read 1984 when I was in my teens, and I remember being let down by it. It was so outlandishly comical that it was impossible to take it seriously. Then I was incredulous that more and more people were saying 1984 was starting to match reality. Remember the "daily hate"? That's pretty much what's going on here. Not only do people thoroughly enjoy the act of hating something, but entire communities form whose explicit purpose is to do this. And of course, no one wants to admit that they're hating people, so they construct comfortable euphemisms and say they're hating systems, not people. It's a "corporate boot," not a person. It's much easier to frame anyone who interrupts your daily hate as an outsider than to face the reality of what you're doing.
- ItendToDisagree 10y ago
  FAKE NEWS! WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH EURASIA! You misunderstand 1984 bigly. SAD.
- dagenleg 10y ago
  So your point is that we should not criticize despicable business practices, because those businesses are headed by people. And we should not 'hate' people because that is bad, I guess? Definitely, next time we catch Nestle aggressively pushing their formula in Africa or private prison companies bribing judges to jail kids for minor offences I will stay my outrage. Of course, the companies are not just faceless abstracts, they are people, that absolves them of all the guilt.