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[–] 173 points 3 years ago (23 children)

Hot take: corporatism and infotainment. You control money and information, you control the world.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Nope education is the downfall. Teach critical thinking well and you won't have such a malleable idiotic population that buys into either of those.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That's maybe a part, but not the whole story.

    Your (and your parents', and your peers') real and perceived economic circumstances and opportunities have a lot to do with what you'll value and prioritize as an adult - how invested and loyal you'll be in society. Every poor person we generate due to greedy decisions has a very high likelihood of being a destructive force back to us.

    Now consider how many poor people were generated by black slavery, segregation, and explicit racism in America, and how, in a society, we all just swim around in the same trauma soup, deflecting pain towards one another.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Imo greed is an lack of education. As education is ideally schooling +life experience. Part of that critical thinking section needs to be taught by experience and society in the us at least didn't give anyone enough time to see the world before deciding what to do, how to live and what kind of person you want to be.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Now consider how many poor people were generated by black slavery, segregation, and explicit racism in America, and how, in a society, we all just swim around in the same trauma soup, deflecting pain towards one another.

    That's a nice thought 😳

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    The 90s industrial/nu metal band?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Industrial then switched genres to Industrial Punk, but yeah.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Neat. Just was not at all expecting to see Pitchshifter in this discussion. (sorry I called them nu metal, felt strange to me too)

    Yeah, I guess they did warn us. I didn't really grasp the lyrics when I was younger. Even RATM was lost on me until I hit my 30s...

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