Capitalism has somehow convinced us that being exhausted, frightened about money, and too busy to enjoy our lives is the natural condition of adulthood.

[thepurpleoctopus@lgbtqia.space]

Capitalism has somehow convinced us that being exhausted, frightened about money, and too busy to enjoy our lives is the natural condition of adulthood.

Remarkable propaganda. Terrible product.

[franceskamann@freeradical.zone]

@thepurpleoctopus

Life can be joyful and easy. Only billionaires make it not so. And they will kill us all, and every living being in this world if we don't rise up and stop them.

[grumble209@kolektiva.social]

@thepurpleoctopus To me, the amazing thing is the Stockholm Syndrome that capitalism induces in its victims.

[evoscale@c.im]

@thepurpleoctopus #DemSoc

[f800gecko@mastodon.online]

@thepurpleoctopus

My god, you're so ungrateful for not yet having been dipped in boiling oil.

What is wrong with you people?

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@thepurpleoctopus it is...

[arisummerland@beige.party]

@thepurpleoctopus This. It suuuuucks so much!

[jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com]

@thepurpleoctopus

To be fair, for nearly *all* of history (and pre-history) most people's lives can be famously described as, "Nasty, brutish, and short."

But you would think in a time of great plenty and wondrous technology we could do something about that…

[samvarma@fosstodon.org]

@thepurpleoctopus @mistercharlie And they stopped signing earlier versions, so you can't even roll back