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[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

If you force the peasants to stayed paired off and breed, especially in desperate, abusive conditions, they will produce the best kind of exploitation livestock for our glorious capitalist owners: the desperate kind that tolerates any abuse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like good way to end marriage. The only benefit is tax related.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

So marriage is ultimately more capitalist tax break bullshit?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Human stock. That's what we are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually, slaves. We are held back by those in power, ignored, taught to hate those different than ourselves, paid just enough to survive and abused. We know this and we’re too scared to do anything about it because any fight we give needs us all, or we risk those in power taking away those few things or placing us in prison.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Sounds like we have nothing to lose anyway, then.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We have all just accepted the term “Human Resources” as something that I guess we aren’t going to revolt against

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Honestly, prices go up any higher and its revolt and lose my house or dont revolt and lose my house.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

That’s why they find our empathy for livestock to be a joke not worth enforcing.