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Time to cut out the cancer of capitalism (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43260174

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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The person probably wouldn't have been homeless if not for capitalism. I also make a habit of not believing third hand stories off the internet.

Maybe disenfranchised people who are forced to live in the street have something to be angry about in a system that trains the wage slaves to dehumanize the people who don't fit in the same box so that we have something to fear if we stop contributing to the machine.

"Don't be like him, Little Timmy. You need to go to school and be a good little cog in the machine until you get ill or make a mistake and then it will abandon you and villify you for not being a perfect cog for the billionaires to use up like an infinite resource."

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You're operating under the assumption that every homeless person is homeless because they are down on their luck and can't afford housing.

    That is not the entire homeless population, and probably not the population that assaults random people on the bus.

    Not to say that those people deserve to be homeless, but you can't make the assumption that capitalism is the reason they're homeless. There are absolutely homeless people who choose to not take their meds and/or stop doing drugs and refuse housing and assistance offered to them.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Clearly you do not understand: 1) how addictions work, 2) how mental illnesses that aren't addiction work, or 3) that almost no one chooses to be homeless but people do fuck up.

    There is no excuse to dehumanize anyone and if you've got yourself convinced that these people somehow got themselves where they are then you've fallen for the capitalist propaganda cause guess what? People who are happy, stable, and well provided for do not generally start doing drugs and people with good mental health support do not typically just stop taking their meds, but people who are comfortable with the status quo will make any excuse to make sure they get to keep what they have while ignoring that everyone has a right to that same comfort but some people need extra help getting there.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    "Your friend didn't get hurt because you're a liar, but if he did get hurt.... Its not the meth-addicted crazy person's fault because capitalism, but if it was his fault... Your friend deserved to get hurt because capitialism..."

    The tone and format of your reply seems oddly familiar.

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