capitalism, feudalism. same shit, different bosses.
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Save for, massive standard of living increases, personal freedoms of movement and prosperity, medicine.
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standard of living/medicine are technological changes that have as much to do with collective social action as the market. your sense of personal freedom is mostly illusory.
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Well, not being tied to the Feudal estate and being able to up and move cross country is a wonderful illusion then.
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is it really though? you still better be at work at monday or you're homeless and starving
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i'm not going to go back and forth with that kind of nihilism. nobody chooses to live that way. i'm sorry your business ownership is more meaningful to you than human empathy.
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yeah i know a lot of intentionally homeless people who vastly prefer it to having a regular job. I was one of them for a while! It can be a pretty good life if you do it well tbh
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I hung out with the homeless in the U district a lot but that was like four years ago
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