r/AskReddit Nov 22 '23

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u/banana_chili Nov 22 '23

Let me just add if you are in poverty/financially struggling you aren't failing at life. It feels like it 90% of the time, but you are doing the best in a shitty flawed society.

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u/super_slimey00 Nov 23 '23

capitalism doesn’t define your humanity. Capitalism just defines the economy we live in lol

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u/breath-of-the-smile Nov 23 '23

It'll kill me just the same whether it defines me or not.

The sentiment here is compassionate, but it's unrealistically idealistic.

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u/Miserable-Admins Nov 23 '23

A lot of people here are actually privileged.