• algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    Capitalism may hold us back in some regards but really helps in others.

    The majority of people would likely be feudal peasants, working under a warmonger family that owns the sustaining land by force. No upward mobility except through bloodshed.

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      9 months ago

      The majority of people would likely be are feudal peasants, working under a warmonger family that owns the sustaining land by force. No upward mobility except through bloodshed.

      FTFY

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        9 months ago

        When you lack the imagination to think about how it could be worse, you can still get the detailed descriptions of it from history.

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                  Yet you’re still desperately trying so it’s obvious our suffering is valid and that you can’t just invalidate it by comparing our situation to that of people 500-600 years ago, can you?

                  You can keep trying to get one over on me, though. I suppose it’ll take the sting out of the last two times you failed. 🍿

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                    No, stopping requires your will. It’s your decision. That’s called “freedom” and it’s an aspect of your life a feudal peasant wouldn’t have.

                    I’m not trying to invalidate your suffering. You are trying to invalidate those people’s suffering, by claiming their lives were just as easy as ours. Which they weren’t. Those people went through shit we can’t imagine.