Growing up, I read lots of books around historic lifestyles and was shocked by the danger, disease, and lack of eg plumbing or electricity. I felt super thankful for everything I had in comparison, I lived in amazing privilege. I wonder if this sense informed my political views-
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With that said, I just went to the grocery store and im super thankful it was there to go to
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When you don't have a body you can sell danger-free over the internet, life can get considerably tougher, for much longer periods of time, with no apparent escape route. The little window into the world you're privy to seems to exclude a LOT of reality.
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Not to mention above average intelligence, verbal/writing ability, creativity, etc. etc. You were born with advantages. Weird that you don't seem to have any empathy for those who weren't, and/or simply can't see them. Maybe you think the underprivileged are a leftist psy op?
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Capitalism is a good and necessary evolution from what preceded it. E.g feudalism. It has huge benefits but that's not a reason to ignore its downsides and drawbacks
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Unless we create a new system that is not socialism/communism, both of which have terrible track records for relying too heavily on maintained moral character by the elite class who are appointed to uphold equality, then capitalism is the least flawed.
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Don’t ask what causes poverty. Poverty is the default state. Ask what causes lack of poverty.
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I think you are too easily conflating capitalism for technology. In fact, much of the society changing technology that has made our lives easier/better, came as a result of government funding/work (*gasp* socialism). Markets are great for a lot things, but they aren’t
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especially attuned to making our lives better.
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You know I haven’t lived the longest, but your the closest to the woman of my dreams as Iv come across
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