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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Capitalism is a system of whores. And there's nothing wrong with whores, but a whore is a whore. Good luck. It's going to be like trying to hold a bar of soap that's slipping out of your hands. You can keep grabbing at it, but it's just going to keep slipping. I just recall when America leaked nuclear secrets because soldiers were using a private private flashcard program and they forgot to check mark the box that said private. And so they ended up leaking all these secrets all over the internet. And let's not forget. The open source information that was used from some snot-nosed person on an osint account on twitter for targeting a supposed underground base, that cost the lives of innocent civilians via the Palantir and Peter Thiel's stupid AI. They did not get an underground base. They just wasted millions of dollars on something that wasn't there.

It's like their plans are dystopic and terrifying, but they're not going to be able to implement them in a way that's worth a damn. And also, their actual product that they produce is so stupid that it's even more terrifying than the original idea. It's just straight up fucking madness. It's like, look mom, no hands. Then you fall off the goddamn bike and you're sitting there crying.

This still remains. There is so much corruption and greed in this country that we can't even function as an empire. We can't even get a chip's factory figured out. We don't make shit. Everybody in this country is so goddamn lazy and stupid. I can't even find a noble cause because I feel like I'm just enabling stupid people. I'm sure we just operate off of bare necessities. Like the need to just stay alive one more day. But it gets to the point where it's like, what's the fucking point? This country is nonsensical. It's absurd. It's laughable. It's weak. It's limp dicked. And this happened way before Joe Biden or Trump. This has been a continuation ever since I've been alive for 40 fucking dumb ass years.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck is your metaphor with whores all about??

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah right, a couple of my good friends used to be sex workers so

but a whore is a whore

just seems ignorant and misogynist to me.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

A sex worker can be a honest whore. Nothing wrong with being a honest whore.

Now being a sales weasel and making backroom deals, that's a lying whore.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Your comment feels like "a honest black person can be a good nigga, no wrong with that, but if hes not nice he's a ***** nigga" IDK you just sound bad as hell.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It's probably the word 'whore'. Similar to 'cunt', it hits a little different from 'prostitute' or 'pussy'.

Culturally, 'whore' is an acceptable word for me to use. Any permutation of the N word is not.

I've spent a fair amount of time among drag queens(not necessarily sex workers but there is overlap), strippers, prostitutes and crack whores. Most of them are decent folks in hard times. It is rare that people willingly choose sex work, instead, it's usually desperation and addiction. A desperate population does desperate things like petty crime.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Its just a phrase about managing expectations. You can replace whore with literally any profession and its the same message.