• glimse@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      “orphan crushing machine” is an analogy for the horrors of capitalism, not literally being crushed

      • Aatube@thriv.social
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        1 month ago

        fair point. I feel about this the same way though, because both are the consequences of events that should not have ever happened in the first place

        one could argue it’s the fault of capitalism that his support system is so bad that he only trusts going to a borrow pit to let out his depression from his breakup