• Allonzee@lemmy.world
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    Apt metaphor of our times.

    Greenwashing, social media highlight reels, worship of the affluent, grind culture, etc.

    Putting a fake, stepford face to obfuscate the horrors we refuse to address, using unethical(theft) technology being shoved down our throats for profit no less.

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      7 hours ago

      Go read The Grapes of Wrath and The Concrete Jungle. Get back to me on today’s unrelenting misery.

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        One kind of misery does not negate the existence of other kinds of misery. The pain of living through the Great Depression is different from the pain of seeing reality eroded away into propaganda for the highest bidders, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be fighting to end misery.

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          Reality has always been propaganda designed to serve the highest bidders. It’s just more obvious now because they’re changing the propaganda more often.

          http://soulism.net

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      How is it whitewashing when the woman was white to begin with?

      EDIT: Misunderstood the term, though it was being used in a new context. I’m leaving my idiot comment for all to see.

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    I don’t know whether to feel angry or sad looking at this but it definitely makes me feel uncomfortable and gross that’s for sure. It’s like someone making you your favorite dish for dinner and then just covering it in jello.

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      It’s making fun of gamers. “Putting females in a game that aren’t huge breasted fan service is woke”.

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        "Putting females in a game that aren’t huge breasted fan service anyone that isn’t a hot white straight female or masculine straight male in a game is woke”

        It’s so fucking disgusting reading comments in Steam “discussions” lately…

        :(