Verito

joined 1 year ago
[–] Verito@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

A few people were clued into that reference, I see...

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I like the Escher-inpired painting placements, too.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For a short time.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

The backwards feet and dough-kneading of her knee juxtaposed with the Escheresque dock and misplaced ripple are a paragon of paradox. Confusion meets solemnity. The dress is a cage. Menudo.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm already on a list.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

rebuild capitalism

Replace, yes?

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

We're well past it meaning anything. These rebukes, reprimands, and censures are political theater. Fascists laugh when you use the rigged system against them.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And does so begrudgingly.

Totally willing to help the very needy...pharma bros get a piece of that sweet, sweet government pie. Why let government do anything when outsourcing to private capital helps me buy my yach...er...feed my kids.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

I think you already know the reason is money. Exploiting others isn't demonized, it's celebrated as "innovative" and "clever" and "entrepreneurial spirit." That is the system, held up, and propagandized by, the exploiters. We're taught that violent protest is "uncivil" or "barbaric," because it's the only thing that truly threatens the system, which otherwise holds a monopoly on violence, to prop up that system.

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

And other goodies!

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

Because people are detached from ethics and humanity as an intended function of capitalism. If people regarded animal welfare every time they needed to eat by being exposed to the slaughter, line might go down. Media is sanitized whatever degree maximizes potential consumer bases, and ultimately profits.

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