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1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2018 20:00:18 EST MMN-o ✅⃠
   What I dislike the most about the newfound popularity of the !fediverse are all the people asking for money. Either it annoys me because I don't fully understand these peoples' very real situation - with me thinking that gosh darnit, if they have an internet connection (and most often a phone as well) then they're already pretty darn well off. But maybe it just mostly annoys me because it simply reminds me that money is still a requirement in this world and that these people are apparently in a situation where they are far too dependent on the "system" to exist for just a little while longer - so it'd be insensitive to encourage them to just work for a dismantlement of capitalism.
   1. univalence electron (amsomniac@quitter.no)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2018 20:08:07 EST univalence electron

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      @mmn I've been slowly working on solving this by sending those people money, when I have some
   2. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2018 20:01:59 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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      With the gnawing perspective in the back of my head that these people begging for money actually, honestly, think the system that is failing them is still worth all the pain and suffering it causes.
      
      Just end your misery! End capitalism.
      1. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2018 21:49:36 EST zoowar

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         What alternative do you propose?
         1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 03:36:49 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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            @zoowar To capitalism? Preferrably a system that doesn't allow people to starve/suffer/die just because they don't conform to salary slavery.
            1. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2018 02:03:35 EST zoowar

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               You seem to have side stepped the question. What system do you have in mind that isn't Capitalism and satisfies your concerns?
               1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2018 07:19:15 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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                  @zoowar A system wherein everyone have a fundamental part of the commons which ensures survival. Necessecities required to survive/live should be distributed equally without any requirement of payment of any kind.