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The main crisis of our lives and online radicalization

the biggest example of capital brain poisoning is undoubtedly muh human nature

there is no other animal on this planet that requires as much care or time to become a functioning member of their species capable of reproducing. Yet with a capitalist will tell you unblinking that human nature is that of self-interest.

Completely at odds with our biology and being here as a species. Fairy tales for grown men.

The do not think being capable of reproducing is the bar you need to set. How about grow up and start thinking for yourself. Look at your options for economic and and political theories and then weight them. Just because it takes the human species a long time to reach full maturity does not mean one stays attached to the teat their entire life. I know that is not true for many of you on here but oh well.
 
Would you agree the lack of a reckoning with capitalism is driving people further into the online fringe stuff?

We can easily see why a system that only serves to keep the ROI on capital investment sufficiently high is surely doomed to fail and unresponsive to our material existence. We can all intuitively grasp this having even a very basic feel/understanding of interest and how it works in our lives. And even if you have a terminal case of capital brain poisoning, anyone can understand how this system will break down for the average man that is coming with the exponential growth of automation and artificial intelligence this century.

So with this very basic crisis and contradiction of capitalism in mind, and the overwhelming cultural conditioning of capitalism = good that is inflicted especially on us Americans, how do we see this all playing out with regard to the online world?

For my money inane conspiracy shit will seem to fill the lack of critical thought on what's staring us in the face. What do you think?

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Capitalism helped the United States to become the most free and powerful nation in the history of mankind. Anyone who wants to replace it with socialism is a damn fool and should not be allowed to vote
 

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