• Absolute@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Cars are one of the biggest scams and money pits in western society. So much of our personal and civil resources are used to maintain cars and the infrastructure necessary for them. While I do love the act of driving cars and find them cool as hell, I really wish I didn’t have to rely on one to work and survive.

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      1 year ago

      You’re onto something here, playing with the mark fisher quote, cars are so important for our current paradigm of society that it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of cars.

      The solution proposed by our genius billionaires is to replace fossil fuel cars with electric cars lol.

    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Also, I never understood why toothbrushes and razors are always used in these strawman “commies taking yer stuff” fear mongering. Like, of all the things that could be made communal, those are pretty much dead last on the list. It’s literally a biohazard to share them with other people and I can’t think of a single instance in socialist societies of those being widely communal used ever.

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        1 year ago

        You’re forgetting the postface to the fourth German edition of Capital. You can be forgiven because Engels refused to have it printed:

        The French publisher asked to divide this work into a series, so that it be easier for the working class to read. I told them what I will now tell you: knowing the eagerness of the German working class, they will not be satisfied if they have to wait for the next instalment; they will want to rush to the final chapter to learn how we plan to create a giant communal toothbrush, following the production of other comically giant household items.

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    1 year ago

    I have a friend who bought a used SUV and 3 weeks in the engine was spewing oil into the spark plugs because the piston walls were cracked. Luckily he was inside the warranty on the engine and the dealership was on the hook. Instead of trading him for a different vehicle they keep changing out engines while paying for his rental car. They are now installing the FOURTH engine into the vehicle as the others all died immediately. Lmao. Instead of just cutting their loss and trading for a new vehicle they have now burnt more money on engines and time working on this thing. Lmao. Capitalism is dumb as shit.

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      1 year ago

      I have no idea how any legal system can see overbooking and not immediately classify it as fraud. A ticket is a binding legal contract, yes? Saying that a service will be provided at a specific time? So if you intentionally sell tickets and you know for a fact you can’t honour all of them simultaneously, how are you not distributing fraudulent contracts, which is illegal?

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Much property

    So sacred

    Wow

    spojler

    BLOODY FUCK I CAN’T EVEN MAKE A DOGE JOKE WITHOUT REMEMBERING THOSE NAZI BOOTLICKING NAFO FUCKERS FUCK THEM