Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Capitalism is the paywall of life (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If they could somehow monetize breathing, they would

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All systems fall to corruption. All. I believe an A or B choice is cheating humanity out of new solutions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed about corruption.

But some systems are better than others.

In USA, as a billionaire, you can screw people and lobby aka “bribe” to get what you want.

And at the end, you pay 0 taxes.