People who are pro-capitalism aren't swayed by the suffering of others. So how about a big thread on a bunch of "1st world" ways capitalism has fucked you!
I was downright careless with my old Nokia, and it never failed. I kept it a long time too.
Capitalism has convinced you you need a new, thin, expensive, fragile smartphone every 2 to 4 years. You didn't break your old one, miraculously. So why is it a slow piece of shit now? Did you change what you do on your phone all that much in 2 to 4 years? Aren't you still just messaging and scrolling social media?
Use your PC mostly for e-mail, documents, and social media? Maybe hanging on to digital photos? Maybe even editing them! Same shit you've done on your PC for decades, really. But... you need a new one? Is your old one broken? No. Capitalism just made your old one "unsupported" now! Explain to me why your spreadsheet needs more computing power all of a sudden.
Gamer? Games used to be as finished as they could, and they tried to catch bugs, because there was no way to update your cartridge. Capitalism has convinced you to pay $70+ for half finished shit. And now they can take it away! Oh, you have the disc? Enjoy the unfinished version when they take the full one away IF the disc isnt just a downloader. You know Sonic the Hedgehog on cartridge still plays just the same on Genesis as it did in the 90s.
Capitalism has convinced you RSS is antiquated. The real reason it's fading is because it doesn't have ads and tracking. You going to tell me the news article is truly better on a browser with ads than on a little program you can open any time, on or offline?
Regular TV has been playing shows a little sped up so they can cram in another ad, and capitalism convinced you to tolerate this.
Oh, streaming? Capitalism has convinced you to tolerate splitting the libraries up all over the place. $10 here, $15 there... might as well have that $80 cable package.
Capitalism convinced you you want your car's HVAC controls in the expensive AF infotainment system. Sure, you can cope with no music on your drive when the radio breaks, but now you get no AC and no heat! Did you really have more quality of life changing a knob to a little slider on a glass panel?
Like to look pretty? Capitalism has somehow convinced you one clear rock is vastly superior to another, identical looking, cheaper clear rock. I challenge you to find me someone who can tell the difference at the distance anyone seeing you wear them would see it.
Capitalism, as well as racism - throw that in for good measure here, has convinced you to add a little fee to your meal so the restaurant can pay the staff even less than poverty wages!
Yes, tipping started with making sure black people got paid less since they couldn't legally have slaves now. Well, at least not blatant obvious slaves.
Have you noticed appliances and cars fall apart far quicker than antiques? Capitalism convinced you to be cool with that. There is no reason, besides getting you to pay again, a washing machine can't last your whole life and beyond.
Capitalism has convinced you your healthcare will somehow be worse than being unable to afford it at all if we just "give it away" to everyone. It has also convinced you it's somehow better to pay more for insurance that won't always cover you, and often won't cover the full cost of care, than it is to pay a smaller amount in taxes. The math says you're a gullible idiot who's easily controlled by simply saying "increased taxes".
Capitalism has convinced you that $199 is a good sale compared to $219. Better buy now! If you wait to think if you really want that thing, the sale will end!
They also have you convinced $199 is appreciably less than $200. They really milk that 9 thing, you gullible ape.
Don't believe me? Take an ad of something you want. Edit it to add that penny. Now look at it again in a few days. Gullible ass ape!
They convince you nobody will work if there is no profit motive. The only people who spout that shit are people who wouldn't help others, and the gullible apes they aren't helping.
Besides, do you really think piles of garbage, lack of food, and no entertainment wouldn't motivate most non-disabled people to chip in and get it done?
Ecco minded? Capitalism convinced you getting rid of plastic straws is the solution while you just kinda ignore the pollution the corps are dumping in to the environment.
Capitalism has convinced you that if you don't buy shit for your loved ones every holiday, you might as well spit in their faces.
Yeah, getting something I want is nice, but I'm not going to love my friends less if he got me nothing. Besides, what to do with things I don't have a use or space for? I'd rather have my friends' presence.
Capitalism has convinced you that surveiling your every move is not only ok, but somehow good for you! Google reads your Gmail, and follows you where you bring your phone, and listens to what you say!
Oh, but you got nothing to hide? Yeah, alone time in my bed, if you catch my drift, isnt something I need to be ashamed of but I do not need a fucking audience. Google doesn't need to hear about some growth you called your doctor about. How does privacy mean nothing to you?!
Capitalism is the only pro surveilance form of economics ? Ever heard of the Stasi ? I don't recall East Germany being capitalist.
@PublicLewdness
I agree with you, capitalism is hardly the reason for surveillance, but it was capitalism that made it profitable and deadly efficient as a result. USSR was over a decade behind in terms of tech. Why make you buy that nice thin phone to spy on you if you can assign a girl to listen to your calls. And if the girl didn't cut it, they can always send a couple of guys with white hot pliers to listen to your confession. No need for subtle methods if blunt ones work 🤷
@hellomiakoda
@PublicLewdness And no, China is no different. They got all the tech as a gift from the West, but they are hardly pioneering any of it. They'd be perfectly fine without surveillance drones and all that state-wide electronic spying on you, hitting people with a wooden stick would work just as well, tech just made it more scary.
@hellomiakoda
