American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. (www.pbs.org)

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[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Round'm up, put them in a room, make them all be friends. They all have that in common.

Jokes aside, maintaining relationships is not easy, and the capitalism does not make it easier.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

We're literally seeing Marx's theory of alienation playing out here. I love how people keep trying to claim that Marxism is somehow no longer relevant, yet it continues to provide the most lucid explanation for what we're seeing all around us.

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I was finally getting started on Capital this weekend, and he makes an offhand note about diamonds regarding their value, basically saying: “If we were to contrive a way to create diamonds from carbon, the price of diamonds would fall to the price of bricks”. Well, it turns out In general, lab-created diamonds are about 60-90% cheaper than natural diamonds. They may not be “The price of bricks” but they sure are a hell of a lot cheaper than natural diamonds.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Capital is a great read. I found it starts out a bit rough, but it just keeps getting better the further it goes.

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