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We useless eaters are to be priced out of life soon enough.
by FrankBooth 7mo ago
We useless eaters are to be priced out of life soon enough.
- dgxyz 7mo agoTraditionally that hasn't gone well for the rich folk.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 7mo agoIt also hasn't gone well for the non-rich folk either.
- brador 7mo agoTruer than even you dare to admit. How many useless living humans do you know? They go somewhere. Something happens to them. Whatever it is it’s about to happen to 30% of the population. What’s the opposite of survivor bias?
- malfist 7mo agoIt takes a profound lack of empathy to refer to your neighbors as "useless living humans"
- scarecrowbob 7mo agoFurthermore, it's usually just plain dangerous.
- brador 7mo agoIt is meant in the capitalist sense. Your horror at the statement is the point.
- munksbeer 7mo agoCapitalism relies on consumers. It's pretty much central to the idea. That's why the world on average (median) has gotten wealthier and better off over the decades.
- brador 7mo agoCapitalism relies on the circulation of capital. Consumers are an anomaly. Citation: nvidia/openai circular loans network.
- BobaFloutist 7mo ago> How many useless living humans do you know? Oh, I can think of about 77 million right off the top of my head.