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they/them might be giants ☭

@babadookspinoza.bsky.social

Kids will spontaneously think up communism on their own and then spend the rest of their lives getting it beaten out of them by people who don’t even know what capitalism is.

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they/them might be giants ☭'s avatar they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social
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One of the most depressing things to me about the state of class struggle in the West, to the extent that it exists at all, is that the vast majority of people truly don’t know what capitalism is—theft by basically any honest definition—and if they did it would be game-changing.

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Ozma's avatar Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social
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This is so true. Communism makes sense. Kids are consistent in their views. Why let people suffer?

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✨️Angel Facts✨️'s avatar ✨️Angel Facts✨️ @angelic.style
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when i showed my dad a history project i did in like tenth grade he thought i was playing a character "nobody's that liberal in real life" Guess What

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Dominique Marks's avatar Dominique Marks @dominiqmarks.bsky.social
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Well... the kind of kids who think up debt peonage, state-enforced monopolies (patents), and enclosure of the commons to force others to be wage laborers... those are the kids you want to stay away from.

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Glen's avatar Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social
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My favourites are the ones who think capitalism invented the exchange of goods for currency and it's exclusive to the capitalist system. Definitely doesn't make my eye twitch

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