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pifox
joined 10 months ago
I think you're thinking a little to far into it. Not everything needs to be a deep statement about the injustices of the world.
I'm sorry, if steam said "We, the privately owned multi-million dollar gaming corporation, are now hosting a sale to honor the raped women of the Nanking Massacre"; I'm moving to Xbox, no question.
What's dystopian about this? Is this just a "capatilism bad" post or am I missing something?
Kind of a shitty mix of both.
I used to work at chick-fil-a. Those things sucked. They were hot and smelled of body oder. It was hard to do anything in them.
Public services in capitalist and communist societies are often hindered by inefficiency and corruption, causing issues with access to public housing. Public services are often influenced by political agendas and it can be difficult for disadvantaged groups to access. (https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2022/03/DHS-.pdf, for New York Budget) (https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/07/26/homeless-shelters-are-overflowing-and-most-likely-in-poor-areas-despite-fair-share-promises/)
I think the problem has more to do with the fact that humans are common to fall into nepotism and greed. This is not a problem that is siloed to either economic solution. (https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin)
This post was revised using the help of a locally run instance llama2-uncensored from https://ollama.ai/.