• ✧✨🌿Allo🌿✨✧@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Meanwhile humans, when put thru the same experiment, realize they can make the human in the unpleasant box pay $ if it wants out. They then learn to create more boxes for more profit.

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      3 days ago

      I dont believe this is inherent. It’s not human nature. Its social conditioning as a result of living in a capitalist society.

      In a capitalist society, yes. Absolutely a lot of people would do this. But even then, its not everyone.

      I live in capitalism but i would certainly not force someone to pay me to let them out of a trap. Especially if they were suffering. And i would never befriend someone that would.

      I would think they were a cunt.

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        3 days ago

        you must suck at capitalism then and would literally never be able to chair a publicly traded company maximizing profits, no matter the cost, for shareholders then. (i say lovingly)

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          If I’m ever told that I belong on a board of directors at a company, I’m going to Luigi myself. I would have deserved it

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          2 days ago

          I really dont mind sucking at capitalism.

          That’s like saying “you suck at giving people cancer” or saying “you are terrible at being a complete dildo”

          Yeah. I am fine with that.

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        And i would never befriend someone that would.

        My problem here: many of us are friends with one of the other person that thinks investing money in the stock market is a good idea and taxes for the rich is bad. Those people are already forcing others to pay to get out of a trap, they just have a few middle men.

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          2 days ago

          I mean, we still live in this mess, so investing your money in the stock market is in fact a good idea. We should obviously tax the rich.

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              No, the entire system is built on exploitation of workers. As a worker in the system, I’m talking about how to scrape a life out the best you can.

              It’s objectively better to put your money that you want you save and possibly grow in an index fund, if you live in the us.