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I just finished reading Careless People (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I didn't think I could hate Facebook and the rich techbros any more than I already do, but holy shit, this book is making want to start learning how to build guillotines.

It also does a great job on showing how power and wealth just make people into sociopathic simulacra of humanity.

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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You keep dragging me in with these bad takes which I feel I have to counter. Very annoying.

I don't think they're necessarily BadTakes™. Uninformed. Having read through the article, and leaning heavily towards Anarcho-Syndaclism personally, the article does mention real world examples, sure. However there's not really a lot of info there, more of a bird's eye overview in 2-3 paragraphs. Maybe the videos give more detail?

The person you were talking with seems pretty typical of people I've spoken to about these things. Interested, but, if not provided with a fair amount of examples/detail, get wound up with exactly this type of argument.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I've dealt a lot with people like these. They are not interested in learning. They're only interested in debating.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I have too, and debate I've found is a great way to have someone learn. 🤷
Granted not everyone is willing to debate in good faith.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I did not smell good faith from this person. When you're debating in good faith, you're very conscious about wasting your partner's time and even of checking if they were looking for a debate in the first place, or if they were just posting a quick meme...

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I'll end this here, I was making an offhand observation, and don't want to turn this into......🤔 A Debate!

Thanks for the short chat bud. 🙂

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

No worries. You didn't bother me. I can (usually) tell when people are being debate perverts on threaded discussions :)