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You can accept the material conditions of your life without simping for the people who are actively making it worse you know
Where do we live if we accept the material conditions of our life? Like I work for a very small company that treats us great but that’s still capitalism. So if I reject that do I just move out to the local bus stop?
What are you talking about? You live your life the way you want to live just don't try to defend the system that want to crush you, is not that hard.
I don’t see how OP or I were defending the system. I’m so confused right now icl.
The fictional guy in the meme is the one defending. "...This is the greatest system possible" they are the bootlickers so I don't see why OP said "Hate the game not the player.". No, the fictional guy is not just the player he's simping for this shit so OP comment doesn't apply and your reply didn't made sense either.
By OP I meant whoisearth. It’s seemed to me that the person to reply to them in this thread was saying they were simping and that’s what confused me.
Still not sure why they replied that if they were talking about the meme guy instead.
whoisearth is trying to equate the person who simps for capitalism with a normal person that's "plays the game" and that what the reply is about, you can live in capitalism("accept the material conditions") without defending this shit.
Not how I interpreted their intent with the comment. Which is fascinating really we all see the same word but different interpretations.
At what point was I defending the system? I make damn good money playing the game and I do my best to lift those around me.
But the system is rigged and I have neither the time or capacity to fix it just like everyone else. It will have to get a lot worse before it gets better.
But to think that you can just airdrop into a different system and not participate in the on youre in? I stand by what I said. Fincel. There i coined the term.
Why are you shadowboxing comments?Nobody said to reject the system or even to try and fix it. Nobody said to go live at a bus stop. I don't know why you think that's what we're saying or if you're hot off another convo and getting things mixed up but it's just not at all what we're saying.
Again, you can accept that capitalism is the system we have without saying it's the best system ever and you love it. You can get kidnapped without developing stockholm syndrome.
Did I reply to your comment? Why are you replying to me?
I replied further down but I'll do it here. I'm not saying go live in the woods to escape or anything like that.
You can accept that you are just a cog in the capitalist machine without simping for the very machine that's crushing you.
I'm not sure how people are getting something else from what I wrote. I thought I was pretty clear. You can accept that you've been kidnapped without developing stockholm syndrome.