Pastaguini [he/him]

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Cake day: October 18th, 2020

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  • There are times where people walk away from a piece of media with a weird interpretation and are accused of “no media literacy” and it’s a bit harsh because the piece of media might be more subtle in its politics or message or whatever, but bioshock literally opens by delivering a libertarian screed and then IMMEDIATELY showing you the havoc and ruin that resulted. There’s not more than two dots to connect. It’s so on the nose. How could you walk away with a different interpretation?











  • Thank you, I humbly accept the title of jester of communism, just as Trotsky did before me.

    And thanks. This has been a genuinely upsetting experience, as it occurred during a time when I was really beginning to get ahead on my finances. I’ve been vacillating between thinking, “there’s nothing you can do about it, so you just need to accept it” and “accepting it is exactly what they want you to do so they get away with this theft. You need to do something about this injustice. Act!” But unfortunately, there’s no action to be taken. Much like someone being robbed at gunpoint, my choices were cough up the dough or risk potentially dying. In a way, I guess this kind of proves that capitalism is indeed the most efficient economic system - how much more streamlined does it get than just directly robbing people like this?