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> Arguing that you're going to take advantage of the weak, the old, the distracted, the powerless and the terrified may be a refreshingly open take on capitalis
by golergka 9y ago
> Arguing that you're going to take advantage of the weak, the old, the distracted, the powerless and the terrified may be a refreshingly open take on capitalism, but it's not what it's sold on.
The fact that your strength, youth, concentration and wit will give you an advantage over others is exactly why capitalism is fair and awesome.
- gowld 9y agoTalk like that is how communist revolutions are triggered.
- skummetmaelk 9y agoWell aren't you just full of yourself.
- golergka 9y agoMyself? Not particularly, no. I am not particularly young, regularly suffer from depression and don't have a lot of ambition anyway. I would be, personally, far better off with socialist system. Which doesn't change the fact that it is based on immoral grounds which repulse me.
- pjc50 9y ago"Age and treachery will always triumph over youth and skill" -- ancient proverb, attribution uncertain