I wish there were fewer "screenshots of fights with libs" posts. Actual libs in the comments here I don't mind, as long as we drown them out, but the constant posting about libs wears me out a little. (hexbear.net)

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At least quarantine that shit to the dunk tank.

I'm not on hexbear to spend all my time thinking about libs lol, I'm on hexbear because I like hexbear. I like the riffs, and the topics, and the cool knowledgeable users who post stuff I would never see otherwise. I've learned a ton here over the years, and it really feels like a wholly unique space on the internet.

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[-] Zodiark@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

You're a liberal that wants regulation and a welfare state. Your cheap consumer goods are made off cheap extraction of raw materials in the developing world. No way you'd pay 3k for a PS5.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It all depends on what my income would be in that scenario. If a 3k PS5 meant that no one was being exploited (I'm a blue collar laborer so that means me too) then possibly our incomes would be such that 3k doesn't seem so bad.

A friend of mine works for Intel and makes a fuckton of money so he bought a $5k couch. I'd never in my wildest dreams buy a couch that expensive, but if my income was like his I might think about it different.

My point was more that things lead by committees are much less likely to give the O.K to have labor diverted to the production of "Fun Toy" that people do really want because it's not a necessity and there's no benefit to society other than temporary entertainment.