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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
The causes have been extremely clear for the past century at least. It's relatively simple to identify them if you don't approach the issue ideologically.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
You mistake the cause for the effect. The "cultural issues" you mention are the effect of generational poverty, not the cause. If you want healthy culture, ensure that everyone gets good schools, housing and healthcare. As long a
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
I tend to think internationally, so when I refer to "we" I mean pretty much everyone. I'm Italian anyway so I also live in the "socialist" Europe, nevertheless this year we gave away €50B in companies' subsidie
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
> If there is a job you are physically and mentally capable of doing, why should you not be forced into doing it instead of just sitting at home and expecting 'the system' to pay for you? Yours is an entirely ideological point
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
I agree. The class divide is certainly more concerning than the age divide.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
I wondered the same, since the ruling class seems to be predominantly geriatric. This is definitely a problem. Also it's not wise to entrust your future in the hands of someone who's not going to live the consequences of their dec
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Everybody loves drugs, nobody likes dealers
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Well I'm not really answering to you (as an individual/person), but to the concept you expressed, which is VERY american.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
The fragility of the American exceptionalism. What if we don't want FAANGs in Europe? What if it's harder for FAANGs to develop in Europe because they can't be as aggressive and careless as american corps are? Personally I do
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
I think time feels like passing faster because 1 month at 50 years old is a much smaller portion of your life than it is at 8 years old. It's a matter of relativity.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
I wonder how many people actually believe Ayn Rand to be "their favorite person", after having met her. I believe one could count them on one hand.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Nothing. The statement reeks of capitalist/american fragility. People can't tolerate the idea that capitalism isn't the absolute best choice in completely every aspect of our lives.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
And how is the global market not unnecessarily complex? It is optimized for the wrong metric (profit) at the cost of every other one, causing additional complexity and hurting overall resiliency. The market is a constant failure at the only
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
In an ideal socialist economy, I could imagine engineers being sponsored by the state to work on FOSS, similarly to what happened in USSR with the Artists' union or in Tito's Yugoslavia.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
> If you keep this mentality going into adulthood you are most likely a psychopath. You make it sound like this is selfish. The toddlers aren't expecting a favorable treatment to themselves, they expect others to be fair towards eve
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Yes this is the craziest part of the transition from V2 to V3. V3 is still bugged. I crashed chrome by setting the incognito key to "split", and turns out there's no way to be sure that when you open an incognito page, your e
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Or use subtle force, like it is done today in capitalism. You just need to leave people with no choices. Pay the rent, or you and your family end up on the streets. Pay your insurance, or you will be left to bleed out and die. You have no o
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Just read the interview with the author: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/squid-g... It is 100% a critique on capitalism and he states it clearly.
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Look, just read this interview of the creator[0]. No more need to speculate or discuss what he meant, he will confirm what I'm already telling you. A couple questions that should help clarify the meaning of the show: > Why did Hwang
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Boy did you completely miss the meaning of it. They all live in a strongly capitalist society, which works in the same way as the squid game does, just less gory but still brutal. It is still a competitive race to the top where the losers a
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
> with hints of communism Seriously? It portrays current South Korea, which is one of the most capitalist societies in Asia. Did we watch the same show? In fact, most of the circumstances that bring the players in the squid game are due
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
It's pretty easy to understand and not deep at all. All those people prefer to go back to the game where it's almost certain they will die but that at least gives them one chance, rather than living a normal life in a ruthless cap
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
It is interesting indeed. But don't take me as an expert, I'm thinking this through with you. > So... an autonomous, self realized human being is just another way of saying a human being? What additional meaning does it impart
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
That's not what alienation means, if you go by Marx. The actual definition, from Wikipedia: >The theoretical basis of alienation within the capitalist mode of production is that the worker invariably loses the ability to determine l
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
> Those who are not humble have a compulsive need to attach themselves to and protect their ideals and beliefs. However, in doing so, they are ultimately protecting themselves. Once their beliefs are challenged, they mistake it as an att
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Why is everyone so defensive? The author never says we'd be better off living in the pre-industrial era. It just points out one of the many lies we've been pushed on by the modern propaganda. This kind of emotional reaction shows
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
It's crazy how deeply insecure capitalists are about capitalism. Now some people riding a bike together are a sign of a rising communist regime. > How much of your life you have spend under communistic regime? A assume none Communis
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
> Guys and girls. This starting to look exactly like communism Is this some kind of a joke I don't get? If you're serious tho, it sounds like a positive to me. > Cars are not the enemy They are. Most modern cities are an unl
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by pastacacioepepe 5y ago
Perhaps there's something deeply wrong with western housing systems? I don't want to sound too radical, but this seems to be inextricably connected to capitalism. We won't ever solve it without structural changes. What Amster