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[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think I understand this position, such that you don't want people focusing on removing the oligarchs without also dismantling the machine that makes them.

But the machine doesn't have to crush orphans. It gives you a pat on the head and hands you a cookie each time you do crush an orphan but it has other settings. They aren't getting punished for not exploiting the system, they just don't get as much of a reward as they could. No one gets to say "I had no choice but to crush that 99th orphan, so I could get that 99th cookie." You could've stopped at 90, or 50, or 1.

They are exploiting a broken machine, to the detriment of others, for their own benefit. That is nothing but greed.

this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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