Dude straight up reached under the superstructure and pulled it up to show the ocean of resentment and righteous malice working class people have for the elites

The collective mind is willing, but the body politic is drowned by the old reactions and false consciousness

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    I do think that an equitable world would mean far less treats for individual Americans and some of them might be mad about that, but I don’t necessarily think that it would have to mean a worse lifestyle, just a different one.

    You’d save a lot of resources just getting rid of planned obsolescence and encouraging what I’m going to call “communal treats” where the cost of say, a movie theater, can be spread across a huge population in a way that you can’t with like, an iPad or a huge collection of worthless vinyl statuettes, and engaging in community events is probably way better for us psychologically anyways.

    Like if the average household’s Funko Pop budget shrinks by 99.95% does that actually make their life worse?