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Name one thing you don't believe in, but you wish was actually true. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] 34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I don't remember where I read this quote originally and I can only paraphrase it, but observing people living in a capitalist society and concluding that human nature is self-centeredness and greed is equivalent to observing workers in a factory that is poisoning their lungs and concluding that human nature is to cough.

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That's a nice quote, thank you. I looked into it. It's by Andrew Collier:

    To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lungs and saying that it is human nature to cough.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Primary goal is to survive in the environment you are in, how many might have a desire to escape that environment but lack the ability to do so? Leave it all behind and live in a cabin in the woods isn't exactly an unheard of idea.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The issue, as I see it, is that most people struggle to envision a society beyond capitalism. Capitalist ideology is embedded in every aspect of our lives. It appears in our mindset, in books, movies, and even in children's television shows. The narrative that anyone can succeed if they work hard enough, and that poverty is simply the result of laziness, is both powerful and pervasive.

    The idea that everyone should live in isolated cabins is neither a realistic vision nor a desirable goal for society.

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