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The only landlord I will hide from the guillotines (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I feel the final panel with my whole soul

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[–] 49 points 6 months ago (9 children)

It's not that Tom Nook is a good person, or better than any other lender.

You just don't notice as much when the economy is so busted you can afford a mortgage by selling shells you found on the beach.

Animal Crossing represents the dream of a society where labour is well compensated and you can meet all your financial needs with ample money left over.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    My head canon is that there isn't truly a capitalism on the island and that Tom Nook is doing all this to help you, the weird human who needs to accumulate value, to acclimate to the town. Ultimately, selling fruit just guarantees people around you have food and in return sometimes they give you stuff they find or make.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    That makes sense. I mean, how suspicious would you be if he just gave you everything for free?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Like the Paradise Matrix

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

    I reject this notion. The entire idea requires accepting that humanity needs to be subjugated to survive. This is what authoritarians believe and the fact that everyone just accepts it because a movie presents the concept with cool actions sequences is very disappointing.

    The sequels are trash. Terrible weak storytelling that was greenlit because capitalist wanted to milk the success of the first film.

    The problems of humanity cannot be solved with emotions, good or bad. Even if the reason is fated lovers. That's the lizard brain being tickled. We suppressed ourselves with this nonsense. At least we get warm fuzzies while we do it, right? Totally worth all the suffering.

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