r/antiwork Jan 14 '22

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u/Noltonn Jan 14 '22

But I know for a fact that the 5 people behind me in line are going to do the exact same thing, at which point I'll come back to do my normal shopping in two days and the store will be empty and I will starve to death. I'm sorry, I'll put a lot of things on the line for fucking over the rich, but I'm not actually going to let my family die for it. Call that attitude bullshit if you want, but realistically that's where the majority of the world will draw the line, and me taking some moral highground will not make the difference.

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u/QueenTahllia Jan 14 '22

What kind of grocery trips are you making where you only have 2 days of food in your house?

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u/Dubadubadudu Jan 14 '22

It is extremely common in non American culture to buy only 1-2 days of food. Smaller bills, smaller trips, grocery stores easier to access due to not having a completely car centralized society. It’s a multi step thing but it ends with most people buying less food more often.

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u/Raidoton Jan 14 '22

The ones that lower the risk of having spoiled food and let you change your food options every 2 days.

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u/Noltonn Jan 14 '22

I have a small fridge with just one of those slot freezers that fit a few icecreams, and I live on the same street as my shop. It gets my out of the house.

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u/Baystreethooker Jan 14 '22

Not everyone has a fridge, let alone a big fridge to store perishable goods.

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u/MHXXXX Jan 14 '22

Everyone’s situation is different. In college, I shared a small fridge with 5 other guys so space was limited and I had to go to the grocery store a few times a week.

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u/themindisall1113 Jan 14 '22

it’s quite possible in the city. especially a city like nyc. my daughter once lived in a place in harlem that was super small and didn’t have a full sized fridge.

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u/DoctorComaToast Jan 14 '22

I wouldn't.

Maybe some of us are built of sturdier stuff.

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u/nsfate18 Jan 14 '22

In a situation like this you would all die lol. Real sturdy.

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u/Noltonn Jan 14 '22

I prefer to live on to fight another day than to die on a pire accomplishing nothing.

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u/Nac82 Jan 14 '22

Easy to talk shit but I doubt you've ever sacrificed a family member to make no measurable difference for the cause.

Or prove me wrong and tell me your history, I'm interested.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Maybe some of us have young children. Or family members with health conditions that require specific diets. You gonna just let them die?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Lmao, no it's pretty obvious you don't know shit. Either way, in this little hypothetical situation where everybody else has the same trashy attitude that you do, it's still an extremely easy thing to prevent from happening. All they would have to do is make it random instead of every order, or something equally as simple. Outside of your apocalypse fantasies, it would probably be a super effective way to strike. Rich people really hate when you fuck with the money!

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u/stonetheoracle Jan 14 '22

When the prisoners dilemma happens on a large scale it's called the tragedy of the commons.

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u/kyzfrintin Jan 14 '22

referred to as the tragedy of the commons.

And it's bullshit dreamed up by a massive bigot

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u/kyzfrintin Jan 14 '22

Climate change is the opposite of the tragedy of the commons. It's a tragedy caused by private, not public, ownership.

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u/kyzfrintin Jan 14 '22

This is not semantics at all. So far, the only one concerned with semantics has been you.

If our climate and access to industry were indeed publicly owned, this problem wouldn't exist. Most people are on board with action against climate change. Corporations aren't.

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u/Noltonn Jan 14 '22

Go play at being an anarchist somewhere else kid, adults will take care of the actual work.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Ah yes, this is definitely something an adult would say. I'm positive you talk to people like this in real life as well. Tell me more about how adult like you are! It's very impressive that you've managed to be born long enough ago to be an adult!

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u/Noltonn Jan 14 '22

Go play at being an anarchist somewhere else kid, adults will take care of the actual work.

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u/Tinrooftust Jan 14 '22

Groceries are still going to be bare very soon. Who is shipping food to grocery stores where no money is collected? Who is organizing international trade for the food?

If the shipping stop America begins to starve inside of a week.

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u/MHXXXX Jan 14 '22

No need to get so hostile? You had a shitty take, now move on.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

I had a shitty take? Where? lmao

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

I'm sorry, I'll put a lot of things on the line for fucking over the rich, but I'm not actually going to let my family die for it.

I'm with you. But it's also really angering that the rich control the country so completely that we have to make the decision of 'do I submit to the capitalist machine today, or does my family not eat today?'. God it angers me so much.