• fan0m@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’d argue profit and control are two sides of the same coin

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      “In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.”

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        Then when you get the power, then you get the women.”

        Then when you get the power you tell the plebs to make more money. “This is America. If you don’t make more money (for me), you’re a douchebag”.

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        Then, when all your desires are fullfilled, you realize that your life is empty because nobody around you actually gives a shit about you and are only using you as a connection to money and/or power. You end up a soulless husk of a human being whose only goal in life is line go up.

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        Honestly, if they all stopped trying to get more money or power at the point where they have all the women and luxuries they could ever want it would be a vast improvement over the status quo at this point.