• TheFonz@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    These words also instantly make me lose respect for anyone who repeats them:

    • Western imperialism
    • Colonialism
    • Neo-liberal

    There has to be some memo that gets passed around and every ml comment is contractually obbligated to include these phrases.

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      7 months ago

      Even in a historical context? Colonialism was absolutely real, 1930s neoliberalism was a real political movement, and the British Empire was absolutely a western imperialist system.

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        7 months ago

        I never said they weren’t real, did I? I just said I don’t have to hear about it in every goddamn comment. Someone shits in the woods and an ml account will login to mention colonialism of neo-liberal policies influenced the color of my shit in the woods. It doesn’t have to be repeated. every. goddamn. time.

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          well when we are from those places and still suffer from the consequences, its reasonable to still be mad about it regardless of your feelings

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            7 months ago

            Ok chief. Safe to say we’ve all been impacted in one way or another. Did y’all just wake up yesterday and discover Reaganomics or some shit? C’mon.

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                Dunno. The fact that you guys bring it up incessantly in every conversation like it’s fresh news?

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                    7 months ago

                    My friend: bringing up the oppression of capitalism on Lemmy is like jerking off while standing in a tub of semen. You’re just doing it to signal to your friends how virtuous and enlightened you are. You aren’t doing it to raise consciousness – it’s just an exercise in the largest circle jerk the in the universe. Splash splash my friend. Splash splash.