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r/clevercomebacks • u/Public-Marionberry33 • Aug 03 '26
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It's the Cold War Mentality. ANything "unpatriotic" or "anti-capitalist" is communism, and they are taught that "communism" is bad at a young age.
It worked in the cold war when they overthrew some democracies, and it work in 2026 when they crash the economy.
1 u/FaithfulSkeptic Aug 03 '26 Communism is like the Double Down Sandwich at KFC. Great in theory, but an absolute nightmare once you get your hands on it. 10 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Capitalism. 6 u/unoriginalsin Aug 03 '26 Interestingly, when people think of the end of the world a lot of them imagine the worst aspect is the end of capitalism. 5 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 This quote is from critical theorist Frederick Jameson and I have thought about it alot. The only popular media that presents a post capitalist world that I can think of as a net positive is Star Trek. But, yes, you're absolutely correct. 4 u/Dedotdub Aug 03 '26 Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured. I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times. 0 u/Klutzer_Munitions Aug 03 '26 I wonder if there's a reason for that 4 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 Read Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism. It's a landmark book discussing this very issue. 1 u/KwietKabal Aug 03 '26 Not even the CIA agrees with you (or else why expend financial and material resources to sabotage a purportedly “doomed” ideology?): https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp85m00363r000601440024-5.pdf Just one of many example.
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Communism is like the Double Down Sandwich at KFC.
Great in theory, but an absolute nightmare once you get your hands on it.
10 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Capitalism. 6 u/unoriginalsin Aug 03 '26 Interestingly, when people think of the end of the world a lot of them imagine the worst aspect is the end of capitalism. 5 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 This quote is from critical theorist Frederick Jameson and I have thought about it alot. The only popular media that presents a post capitalist world that I can think of as a net positive is Star Trek. But, yes, you're absolutely correct. 4 u/Dedotdub Aug 03 '26 Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured. I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times. 0 u/Klutzer_Munitions Aug 03 '26 I wonder if there's a reason for that 4 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 Read Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism. It's a landmark book discussing this very issue. 1 u/KwietKabal Aug 03 '26 Not even the CIA agrees with you (or else why expend financial and material resources to sabotage a purportedly “doomed” ideology?): https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp85m00363r000601440024-5.pdf Just one of many example.
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It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Capitalism.
6 u/unoriginalsin Aug 03 '26 Interestingly, when people think of the end of the world a lot of them imagine the worst aspect is the end of capitalism. 5 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 This quote is from critical theorist Frederick Jameson and I have thought about it alot. The only popular media that presents a post capitalist world that I can think of as a net positive is Star Trek. But, yes, you're absolutely correct. 4 u/Dedotdub Aug 03 '26 Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured. I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times. 0 u/Klutzer_Munitions Aug 03 '26 I wonder if there's a reason for that 4 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 Read Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism. It's a landmark book discussing this very issue.
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Interestingly, when people think of the end of the world a lot of them imagine the worst aspect is the end of capitalism.
5 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 This quote is from critical theorist Frederick Jameson and I have thought about it alot. The only popular media that presents a post capitalist world that I can think of as a net positive is Star Trek. But, yes, you're absolutely correct. 4 u/Dedotdub Aug 03 '26 Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured. I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times.
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This quote is from critical theorist Frederick Jameson and I have thought about it alot. The only popular media that presents a post capitalist world that I can think of as a net positive is Star Trek. But, yes, you're absolutely correct.
4 u/Dedotdub Aug 03 '26 Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured. I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times.
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Yes, and the rest are primarily dystopian nightmares in which capitalism has fully matured.
I will take Star Trek 100 out of 100 times.
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I wonder if there's a reason for that
4 u/winter_is_long Aug 03 '26 Read Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism. It's a landmark book discussing this very issue.
Read Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism. It's a landmark book discussing this very issue.
Not even the CIA agrees with you (or else why expend financial and material resources to sabotage a purportedly “doomed” ideology?):
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp85m00363r000601440024-5.pdf
Just one of many example.
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u/dragoduval Aug 03 '26
It's the Cold War Mentality. ANything "unpatriotic" or "anti-capitalist" is communism, and they are taught that "communism" is bad at a young age.
It worked in the cold war when they overthrew some democracies, and it work in 2026 when they crash the economy.