• curiousaur@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    Not me, I’m not good at art. I actually just really like building stuff. I guess I’m lucky that gets me paid well.

  • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    also i can’t help but say “look. there’s much worse things for the fucking yuppy kids to do than make art. they could go into real estate, or military advancements. every lucky baby ducky making art about how fucked the world is is a tiny victory. they should do more to make room for the rest of us, but they literally have so much privilege they don’t know how. don’t make hating them your top priority in this global system of violence”

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      9 months ago

      We were all really jazzed about that healthcare CEO getting killed, and then when they arrested Luigi my coworker was like, “He was quite privileged, you know,” like we aren’t allowed to like the guy anymore.

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        Yes, this. Had someone get on me about this once and said it was hypocritical and conveniently selective. The reality though is that that behavior is antithetical to organizing. It imposes pointless rules that potentially push people away from the collective that we need. People don’t get a choice of the environment they are born into.

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          The reality though is that that behavior is antithetical to organize

          That’s the point. It’s meant to be conversation stopping. If he were poor, it’s: he was envious of those who were successful.

          If he’s rich: somehow they try to make it hypocritical

          Because they don’t want the actual topic being discussed. That’s the point of the ad hominem, they attack the messenger so they don’t have to engage with the topic.