🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnon is jealoussh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down121
arrow-up1720arrow-down1external-linkAnon is jealoussh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not saying that the scarcity of digital goods isn’t bullshit, but it’s rarely what keeps people poor.
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe comment I responded to was regarding climate change and resource consumption, and piracy’s “impact” on them, so …
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI didn’t understand the meme I responded to to be exclusively talking about piracy.
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI mean sure, but the things people are prone to stealing physically, when they wouldn’t otherwise but for price, tend to be those they must have just to live. That’s not the sort of consumption we can ethically reduce.
I’m not saying that the scarcity of digital goods isn’t bullshit, but it’s rarely what keeps people poor.
The comment I responded to was regarding climate change and resource consumption, and piracy’s “impact” on them, so …
I didn’t understand the meme I responded to to be exclusively talking about piracy.
I mean sure, but the things people are prone to stealing physically, when they wouldn’t otherwise but for price, tend to be those they must have just to live. That’s not the sort of consumption we can ethically reduce.