Never attribute to capitalism that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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• sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah society should be good to stupid people as well. I know many stupid people they’re amazing people.

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  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love stupid kind people but hate stupid cruel people. I suppose capitalism is the unholy union of cruelty and stupidity

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  • Impound4017@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My friend group recently acquired of a heart of gold type himbo, and honestly he’s quickly ascended to like top five people I wanna have around at the function. He’s just so genuinely pumped on life all the time that I can’t help but have a better outlook, and anytime he sees his friends doing well, he gets even more hyped.

    He’s not the brightest bulb of the bunch, but he cares genuinely for the people in his life, wants the best for them, and finds joy in their successes. In my opinion, that’s way more noteworthy than any amount intelligence could ever be on its own.

    The world could certainly do with a lot more kind, dumb people, and a lot fewer smart assholes, that much is for sure.

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• JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But what if capitalism is the stupidity?

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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Capitalism promotes stupidity.

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• muzzle@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nope, the purpose of a system is what it does. No more, no less.

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• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why not both

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• gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yall do know someone just made up that you should assume stupidity over malice, like it’s just made up bullshit

  It’s not magically true and sounds exactly like what the malicious want people to believe

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s also good advice if you want to make and keep friends and not look like a dick. And if you just generally want to be happy. But if that’s not your jam, you do you.

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    • arnitbier@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oooo sick put down bro! (/s for the stupid people)

      Yeah its often both. Just like magic. Stupid maliciousness abounds

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Clever. Just swap out a word with the contemporary boogie man!

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never attribute to a word that which is adequately explained by the contemporary boogie man.

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    • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Clever!

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• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • fodor@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the original expression was wrong, too. Ignorance is real, but so are malice, greed, jealousy, hate, etc. Sometimes someone does something shitty and our instincts said they meant it and we’re right.

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• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol

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