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Remembering that Ben Shapiro short story from an anthology book where he attempted to portray a "communist dystopia" (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by BeanisBrain@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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The society described is a boring-ass soul-crushingly conformist cookie cutter suburb, as in, exactly the sort of "good old American small town" conservatives like Shapiro champion

The only difference is that in the society in the book, the boring-ass cookie cutter housing was guaranteed and rent-free

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but did you consider that the grocery store in the communist dystopia only has three brands of breakfast cereal whereas in the capitalist suburb it has twelve brands of cereal?

[–] the_robot_from_planet_danger@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

*upwards of thirty (30) brands of cereal

[–] the_robot_from_planet_danger@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

*owned by maybe four distinct corporations tops

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Four is being very generous

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

all of them are 90% raw sugar

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

even the healthy-coded editions

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

And you have your choice of TWO smartphones!

[–] mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

who cares if you can't afford any of them - they're there, checkmate commies