theres no ethical consumption under capitalism

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

whats that mean and why do the most annoying guys on the internet always say it?

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ScootsMcSkirt: Oct 29, 2013

it means im allowed to buy the Harry Potter game and no one can get mad at me for it

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

i bought taht game for everyone in the video games thread

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:07

Pepe Silvia Browne: Jan 1, 2007

AnimeIsTrash posted:

whats that mean and why do the most annoying guys on the internet always say it?

idk, why do YOU always say it?

hehehehe

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:07

really queer Christmas: Apr 22, 2014

A little man by the name of Erwin marks said it, OP. Show him some respect

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:19

StratGoatCom: Aug 6, 2019; Our security is guaranteed by being able to melt the eyeballs of any other forum's denizens at 15 minutes notice

AnimeIsTrash posted:

whats that mean and why do the most annoying guys on the internet always say it?

It means that customer choice isn't gonna make things better.

It's not an excuse to buy HitlerCorp's 3rd world baby oil, now with 12% more orphan content.

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:31

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

what

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:33

Badactura: Feb 14, 2019; My wish lives in the future.

It means they believe in ethics and that's why they're annoying

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:33

Carmant: Nov 23, 2015; Treadmill? What's that? Is that some kind of cake?

Its just.. do whatever you want.. do what you feel. Tomorrow's a new day so make it count. Its all good baby.

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:37

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

it means professor fig dies in every ending op

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:40

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

I'm voting with my wallet!

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:44

Tom Tucker: Jul 19, 2003; I want to warn you fellers
And tell you one by one
What makes a gallows rope to swing
A woman and a gun

It means that everything you consume relies on the exploitation of some marginalized group, so it's literally impossible to be ethical under capitalism unless you're divorced yourself entirely from the system by living in the woods, but even then capitalism basically seized those woods from indigenous people so you can't win.

Then it goes full "nothing matters" so people take it to the extreme saying if there is no ethical consumption then I will consume everything because there is no difference, ignoring matters of degrees. Basically the same logic that says if it's not ethical to drop a bomb on a town during a war then I might as well nuke two cities.

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:45

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

whats wrong with nuking cities

# ? Mar 1, 2023 17:53

Tom Tucker: Jul 19, 2003; I want to warn you fellers
And tell you one by one
What makes a gallows rope to swing
A woman and a gun

It suppresses corporate profits by destroying infrastructure and reducing the total workforce available for labor

# ? Mar 1, 2023 18:06

Buck Wildman: Mar 30, 2010; I am Metango, Galactic Governor

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# ? Mar 1, 2023 20:27

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

AnimeIsTrash posted:

whats wrong with nuking cities

The problem is inequity with nuke distribution, every city, town and village deserves at least one.

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

give the working class a nuke imo

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:26

redneck nazgul: Apr 25, 2013

AnimeIsTrash posted:

give the working class a nuke imo

two, so they can sell one and keep the other

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:26

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

they're letting you know theyre on the same page/a good guy

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:29

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

to be clear not a real good guy but somebody whose annoying

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:30

SideEffectShit: Oct 10, 2022; by Pragmatica

consumption itself is ethical under capitalism

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Janitor Ludwich IV you okay my brother?

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:31

ScootsMcSkirt: Oct 29, 2013

AnimeIsTrash posted:

give the working class a nuke imo

isnt this the plot of MGSV?

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:32

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

Tom Tucker posted:

It means that everything you consume relies on the exploitation of some marginalized group, so it's literally impossible to be ethical under capitalism unless you're divorced yourself entirely from the system by living in the woods, but even then capitalism basically seized those woods from indigenous people so you can't win.

Then it goes full "nothing matters" so people take it to the extreme saying if there is no ethical consumption then I will consume everything because there is no difference, ignoring matters of degrees. Basically the same logic that says if it's not ethical to drop a bomb on a town during a war then I might as well nuke two cities.

thats not the direction it always takes. its like saying "look i love america, but" and then their actual opinion. its saying your on the same common ground (knowing the word capitalism)

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:33

Oglethorpe: Aug 8, 2005

are you banned from all the other threads

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:34

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

good enough for government work

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:34

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

it is what it is

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:35

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Oglethorpe posted:

are you banned from all the other threads

wjat

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:35

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; Can't post for 14 hours!

It means you can eat Popeyes but not chick-fil-a (anti-lgbtq) or KFC (Chinese food)

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:38

lumpentroll: Mar 4, 2020; Would like to take a moment and say to the person on the av-buying spree: What the fuck is wrong with you? Fucking disagreeing on the wording of polling questions means that I support Israel murdering people in Gaza? And somehow despite caring enough to plaster that fucking pic

AnimeIsTrash posted:

wjat

are you banned from all the other threads

# ? Mar 1, 2023 21:42

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

All my stuff is ethically produced by disadvantaged women prison labour gaining useful life skills

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

lumpentroll posted:

are you banned from all the other threads

what

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Pepe Silvia Browne: Jan 1, 2007

Colonel Cancer posted:

All my stuff is ethically produced by disadvantaged women prison labour gaining useful life skills

nice. i jsut get it from walmart

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:08

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

I love unethical consumption

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:08

Vomik: Jul 29, 2003; This post is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan

theres no - ok a thing but not

ethical - Jesus that�s a mouthful let�s come back with the power of context clues

consumption - seriously are you for real with this? two in a row. gently caress you

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:14

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Consumption just means tuberculosis, so there's no ethical way to get tuberculosis under capitalism. Duh.

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:19

SideEffectShit: Oct 10, 2022; by Pragmatica

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Janitor Ludwich IV you okay my brother?

last time i saw him he had a sour puss

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:20

Lpzie: Nov 20, 2006

posting in a sooon-t-be-closed thread...

# ? Mar 1, 2023 22:40

Weka: May 5, 2019; That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

really queer Christmas posted:

A little man by the name of Erwin marks said it, OP. Show him some respect

No it was Sonic the hedgehog.

Tom Tucker posted:

It means that everything you consume relies on the exploitation of some marginalized group, so it's literally impossible to be ethical under capitalism unless you're divorced yourself entirely from the system by living in the woods, but even then capitalism basically seized those woods from indigenous people so you can't win.

Then it goes full "nothing matters" so people take it to the extreme saying if there is no ethical consumption then I will consume everything because there is no difference, ignoring matters of degrees. Basically the same logic that says if it's not ethical to drop a bomb on a town during a war then I might as well nuke two cities.

Can't you just eat garbage? IMO it's only bad if it encourages exploitation. The morality of an action is based on it's likely consequences.

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Pentecoastal Elites: Feb 27, 2007

I do my grocery shopping at a unionized supermarket so my consumption is all ethical, actually

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