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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Feudalism never went away, it just rebranded.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could you elaborate, since I have absolutely no clue what connections significant enough you are making to say this.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

In feudalism, you know full well you're being exploited. In capitalism, you might not be aware of it, but you still are. The idea is that you're being paid for your work but, if the pay is so little that it might as well not matter to the payer at all, and is hardly a living wage, then we're essentially back at square one.

Granted, I don't think we're as close to the grain of outright slavery that feudalism was, but on a long enough timeline, we will be. Companies will want more and more profit, taking more and more from the consumers and working class. People will either fight back or... put up with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please don't be willfully obtuse. You know...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

As Leonard Cohen said "everybody knows the game is rigged"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He kinda was. He was given the option to stop at any time.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a rigged game. We can't even get tickets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can play if you want. Ask around for others who want to play and start a cooperative.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just stop being poor, rinse repeat

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Hot unions in your area would like to meet you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

capitalism: where everyone wins but you

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Change the word share holder to slave holder and things start to make a lot more sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't see either of those words

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

If you are not happy with your life, change it.