The Wingless Thrush


one feasible interpretation: a critique of capitalism.

alternatives?

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I suppose that can be one interpretation. There is no room for ethics in capitalism, as the driving force is profit, which seldom aligns with being virtuous.

If one believes in karma, what did the artist do in his former life to deserve his current one? Is there a reason for everything?

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Yet communism killed hundreds of millions.

So much for your theory.

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what a dumb comment. seriously. grow up.

critiques of socialism/communism can be written too, and have - many. whatever else this is, this isn't one of them.

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You write shit because you are full of shit. Capitalism sees the profit in additional entertainment and figures out a way to combined the two.

Socialism/Communism is short sighted, therefore, dump him off the bridge.

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I thought it was more a critique of the entertainment industry...its cut-throat nature. Pretty depressing, yet realistic short here, this one stuck with me!

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that works too. actually more direct. but the entertainment industry is part of industry, n'est pas?

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I don't think i would have done what Liam's character was doing. And i'm not talking about ditching the cripple for a "better" business plan but taking care like that for the cripple.

A symbiotic relationship that i wouldn't want to be in.

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all employer-employee relationships are symbiotic to a certain degree, don't you think?

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"to certain degree" - yeah, but not to the degree where my employer has to wipe the shit off my ass, or hold my weenie while i pee.

And btw, think about that degree in a socialist society, when state is your employer, your brother, your mother, your everything. And has a huge repression system (secret police, nkvd, securitatea, stasi - you can call it how you want) that will know every little thing that you do, even when you take a shit.

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don't strain yourself thinking.

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Neah no danger here, but you should never do it.

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who asked for a knee-jerk righwing diatribe? you've never worked for someone who screwed you? you think it doesnt happen? people screw other people over all the time. even in the land of the free. its the human condition.

lay off the hannetty. it rots your brain.

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Yeah, so?

Have you worked in a socialist society in a "people's owned" factory? I bet not. Have you ever lived in a socialist country? I bet not.

I had lived both under the socialists and in capitalists countries. You have no idea what you're talking about. Socialism is MUCH worse.

In capitalism you get screwed once, twice, several times but you still have a good life. In socialism you get screwed everyday, over and over, and you have a miserable life.

Don't trust me, try it. Try to live 10 years in Cuba, or Venezuela or North Korea then come back and talk about being screwed over. Of course, not using your hard american cash but live on the 1$/day median cuban wage.

Btw, i'm not right wing, i'm center-left (yeah, i'm for universal health care, state sponsored education, etc). But for someone with rotten brains that chews on void socialism that might sound like extreme right.

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what you are, most of all, is confused.

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coming from a socialism supporter (or capitalism detractor, same shit) that's a pretty good thing ;)

tbh i hope your dreams will come true one day and you will get to live the socialist "utopia" :D

gnight.

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The blowhard jriely tends to forget what political spectrum is built upon getting rid of a life when deemed not convenient.

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Maybe a critique of the entertainment industry? Maybe just a super boring tale?

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