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A Boring Dystopia

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You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1353921/you-can-t-buy-anything-on-these-food-delivery-and-shopping-sites-here-s-why-that-s-the-p

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

"That's particularly appealing for budget-conscious young people."

This is a weird way to phrase it.

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz [S] 20 points 2 months ago

People being too poor to use actual shopping apps yet still feeling the need to satiate the feeling of shopping via other means is emblematic of a capitalist dystopia.

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