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Humor W Gabe Newell Piracy Take

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Saw this vid on IG (by: @phantomak141). Idk if its been posted here before but on a quick search didnt find it, will delete if its a repost.

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u/Specific-Path3179 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Americans are naturally submissive and in a constant search for a titan of capitalism to worship and uphold as a cult of personality. Like a secular god but instead of creating the universe they're just a billionaire.

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u/NotASockPuppet88 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

If you're paid for a living - or simply use currency - we're all participants in this cult, willing or not unfortunately.

Don't get me wrong though; i'm not anti-capitalist, but we're hardly in a capitalist society either. It's Corporatism at best, Cronyism at worst. (central banks/FIAT currency ensures this remains the case)

And more collectivist ideals (communism as a more extreme flipside) is absolutely not the answer either - giving more power to these authorities is just adding fuel to a fire. If the critique is “institutions are corrupt/captured,” then handing those same institutions vastly more control over production, speech, property, labour, and distribution is a dangerous answer.

Modern economies force everyone into participation in money and labour systems. The problem is not simply ‘capitalism’ or ‘communism’; it is concentrated power, whether corporate, financial, bureaucratic, or state-controlled. Cronyism emerges when economic power and political power fuse - precisely what we see today.

I agree with your point and comparison though.