▲ 2735 ▼ What a good dude (lemmy.today) submitted 2 years ago by Grand_Raccoon0924@lemmy.today to c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world 172 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) This view only makes sense if the basic necessities for life were actually affordable for most people, which is completely untrue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is only true because of the greed that most people feel towards their own. Essentially shits only expensive because enough people just go "fuck you I've got mine" despite having more than they'll ever need let alone use in their lifetime. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago The phrase "enough people" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. "Enough" is a very small percentage of the population, only given outsized power due to our political and economic systems - systems which can be changed to disincentivise that behaviour and dissolve that power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is only true because of the greed that most people feel towards their own. Essentially shits only expensive because enough people just go "fuck you I've got mine" despite having more than they'll ever need let alone use in their lifetime. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago The phrase "enough people" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. "Enough" is a very small percentage of the population, only given outsized power due to our political and economic systems - systems which can be changed to disincentivise that behaviour and dissolve that power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago The phrase "enough people" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. "Enough" is a very small percentage of the population, only given outsized power due to our political and economic systems - systems which can be changed to disincentivise that behaviour and dissolve that power. permalink fedilink source parent
