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I mean, war, in all its cruelty and tragedy, at the same time it brings the worst from people is also able to bring out the best. Ad business, and business in

• sebastiennight 3mo ago
  > I mean, war, in all its cruelty and tragedy, at the same time it brings the worst from people is also able to bring out the best. I can see it from here: out of tens of thousands of people, one man takes a stand to save a handful of children from all the pillage, rape and murder. In an alternate world, this man might have (gasp) tried to run a business instead. Sure, the children and city would still be alive instead of burning to ashes, but who cares? Look, there's not much positive to say for the ad-driven Internet, but to consider "pixels on screens that you disagree with" to be worse than actual mass killing is maybe a tad hyperbolic here.
  • wolvesechoes 3mo ago
    > but to consider "pixels on screens that you disagree with" to be worse than actual mass killing is maybe a tad hyperbolic here And who considers this? I never wrote that world with war but without business would be overall better than world without war but with people profiting from ad business. I merely pointed out that war can bring out the best from people - mercy, valor, honor, sacrifice, selflessness. Business cannot, as it is about commodification and profit.