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Tbf a lot of people just want a petty bourgeois vacation.

I’ve been on a socia media break, but I’ll post some memes.

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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of that quote, IIRC from Capitalist Realism, "It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." The way it's ingrained in some people goes very deep. When their view is that it's capitalism or nothing, it sort of makes sense their only view of an alternative is running away from it rather than confronting it.

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

People operating on that medieval peasant right of kings mindset is bleak