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#1191
Oct 1 2014 09:09am
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 1 2014 10:56am)
It is a perfect metaphor though, building a castle out of sand, for capitalism.  It doesn't build anything to last or with an eye for the future, just throw up a cheap prefabricated building based on a template and tear it down when you're done doing whatever you're doing with it.

Capitalism will never build anything enduring like the pyramids, but we can sure make thumb tacks super fast  :lol:


So we get goods that people want and can use produced cheaply and efficiently instead of incredible amounts labor being used to make gargantuan decadent tombs and monuments built for the bodies of dead dictators and other scum.
How terrible. Im going to lose sleep over this.

This post was edited by cambovenzi on Oct 1 2014 09:12am
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#1192
Oct 1 2014 09:11am
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 1 2014 09:56am)
Capitalism will never build anything enduring like the pyramids, but we can sure make thumb tacks super fast  :lol:


Quote (Santara @ Oct 1 2014 10:03am)
Gee, if only we had an endless supply of cheap expendable labor again...


Quote (cambovenzi @ Oct 1 2014 10:09am)
So we get goods that people want and can use produced cheaply and efficiently instead of incredible amounts of slave labor being used to make gargantuan decadent tombs and monuments built for the bodies of dead dictators and other scum.
How terrible. Im going to lose sleep over this.




The pyramids were built by paid workers. So I guess you're both off all 3 off both off.

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Slave labor?  Not the pyramids.  They were working to create something that has meaning but artisans and not slaves, unlike your capitalist overlords.


damn, back to both off.

This post was edited by Mangix on Oct 1 2014 09:12am
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Oct 1 2014 09:11am
Quote (cambovenzi @ Oct 1 2014 10:09am)
So we get goods that people want and can use produced cheaply and efficiently instead of incredible amounts of slave labor being used to make gargantuan decadent tombs and monuments built for the bodies of dead dictators and other scum.
How terrible. Im going to lose sleep over this.


Slave labor? Not the pyramids. They were working to create something that has meaning but artisans and not slaves, unlike your capitalist overlords.
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#1194
Oct 1 2014 09:15am
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 1 2014 10:11am)
Slave labor?  Not the pyramids.  They were working to create something that has meaning but artisans and not slaves, unlike your capitalist overlords.


its a little crazy how well Hollywood has led that lie straight into the homes of nearly every American, for so long.
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#1195
Oct 1 2014 09:21am
Quote (Mangix @ Oct 1 2014 10:15am)
its a little crazy how well Hollywood has led that lie straight into the homes of nearly every American, for so long.


Pushing the idea that you cannot be free in a society without money and inequality. That is what I think anyway.

The best movie about ideology and how consumerism works is They Live.
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#1196
Oct 1 2014 09:43am
It was in fact a form of slavery being used, just not necessarily chattel slavery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvee


Would you suggest taxing people to build gigantic pyramids in America or creating new laws saying everyone owes the government a certain amount of work is a good idea? and then pretend its not slavery?
I certainly would prefer the thumb tacks.

This post was edited by cambovenzi on Oct 1 2014 09:48am
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#1197
Oct 1 2014 09:45am
Quote (Mangix @ Oct 1 2014 10:11am)
The pyramids were built by paid workers. So I guess you're both off all 3 off both off.


Everyone knows capitalists don't pay for their labor.
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#1198
Oct 1 2014 09:48am
Quote (IceMage @ Oct 1 2014 09:59am)
I tried to get into The Wire, but I literally couldn't finish the first episode.  Dexter is where it's at right now, still on season 1 but it's good shit.


If the first episode didn't suck you in. Not sure you may not enjoy it. But for me it's the best television I've ever watched. The plot, the development of characters and overall the acting is amazing.
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#1199
Oct 1 2014 09:48am
Quote (Santara @ Oct 1 2014 10:45am)
Everyone knows capitalists don't pay for their labor.


Very true.
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Oct 1 2014 09:50am
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 1 2014 10:48am)
Very true.


Sad thing is, I know you mean this.
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