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You're conflating the two concepts by asserting the value of money (currency) will be somehow diminished, if the system and mechanisms designed to concentrate it into the hands of the individuals (capitalism) were dismantled.

Why are you so certain that converting a company like Amazon from Private ownership to employee owned would necessarily tank the economy?

Focusing on making apologies for the system, saying "it's hard," and tearing down alternatives because "ItS jUsT nOt ReAlIsTiC" is neoliberal and not constructive either.

Don't conflate the concept of currency with the concept of capitalism.

One is a tool to enable abstraction of trading the value generated by labor, whereas the other is a system of exploiting labor to concentrate wealth to a minority class.

We can eat the rich via wholesale transfer of their value as currency to a democratic cooperative that uses it to fund a better society.

Maybe that's an idealist's view, but isn't it better than the current reality, Where we let schmucks like Bezos have little yachts to take them to their bigger yachts to their mega platinum plated ultra yachts, while a good portion of his employees aren't given sufficient break time and end up pissing in empty bottles in trucks on the side of the road.

I dunno man, you say you're on the side of "eat the rich," but it sounds like you're making a case for the billionaires.

They're just modern day royalty.

Neither should exist, because both require a hierarchical system that ranks people by worth (however it's measured). No single human life is more valuable than another.

What do you mean by "police speech?"

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Yes, but ...

Setting aside the polarized nature of named generations, as a class; for these are entirely arbitrary and designed to create polarization ...

There's fun theory on the "Gen X are forgotten" meme. Yes yes, you Gen Xers got shafted, here's a cookie 🍪 Please hear me out.

Most people fall on the cusps of their "generation" and Gen X is no different - in this case, you're either old enough to identify with boomers, and are shouting "snowflake millennial" with them; or you're young enough to identify with millennials, but still too old to identify with Gen Z, so you're shouting "cringe zoomer" with the millennials, they who are cuspers themselves and too old to identify with Gen Z. The quintessential Gen Xer is uncommon, but exceptionally kind. You always know when one is around though, because they are quick with a self deprecation point out that Gen X was "forgotten again." 😉

The sad thing is that many of the so-called boomers are being replaced by Gen Xers. And the millennials shouting the same inter-generational slurs will eventually take the throne of generational bully.

On the other hand, there is hope inspired by this meme - all we need to do to stop inter-generational trauma is stop perpetrating it.

Yeah kind of - I think "a complete body" is neither necessary or sufficient to make one a "human being."

For example, there are plenty of murderers, rapists, and pedos with "complete bodies," that have entirely lost their humanity in commission of their crimes against humanity. (However, I will always argue that this can never be a justification to exact cruelty upon them, as we necessarily lose our humanity in that process).

And there are so many people with "incomplete" bodies who are amazingly beautiful and strong human beings.

Fair enough. Ski resorts in the US mostly only offer burgers and fries, so the seasonal worker attitude is more understandable. Leave it to the French through to try to put a fine dining experience atop a ski slope.

Will check out the Samsungs, thanks for the recommendation. Cheers, good chatting with you :)

Ooh, gobshite has a nice ring to it 🤪

Sounds about right for French cuisine. Yes, I said it - French cuisine ain't that great, it's just buttery.

"Reasonable, but not exceptional, and ridiculously overpriced..." Could be an apt descriptor for the iPad too!

It's a bummer that they kind of dominate the tablet space though... I want a tablet, but have been avoiding pulling the trigger because iPads are designed for the sticky fingered folk.

What if we use the little fetus bones to replace some of the smaller adult bones, and take those smaller adult bones to replace some bigger adult bones, and so on until we have a big ol' femur?

I appreciate what you're saying here - people come in all shapes and sizes, with different abilities, limb counts, etc. Every one is a human being deserving respect and dignity.

But OP didn't say "a complete human being" - it said "a complete human skeleton."

If an individual is missing a limb, by birth or by accident, they don't have a complete skeleton. It's a plain fact. Doesn't mean they are any less human.

Why's it yikes? I'll admit it was a bit of a ramble, but my comment was (mostly) coherent, factual, and at least a little humorous. No?