why would you think a video of your best friend abusing a bunch of animals is real?

Why is a difference you can’t notice important to you?

Rottweilers gonma rottweil

Who cares about the use of one adjective by one person? Missing the point here.

that’s not the thing to focus on here

Das Kapital in the original German

non-fiction

what

You’re making a distinction between

• Seeking power for profit
• Seeking profit for power

How would we empirically tell which is happening?

Why does someone with €20 billion strive to get €30 billion? Will that get them nicer food or a softer bed?

In non-monetary historical societies, the rulers still sought power.

The ruling class, the capitalists, don’t do evil things for the sake of power or control. They do it for profits

Are those very different things? Wealth certainly grants power and control, no?

Having said that, I agree with the spirit of your comment.

That looked ok and I was nodding along until I got to the part where it’ll be governed by Blair and Trump.

why the lying war criminal Blair?

because he has a sterling track record of fixing Middle Eastern countries, of course!

Why do you think Shelley had all the characters praise Frankenstein as a good man?

Good post

everybody can have an opinion about anything, lacking knowledge or not)

I don’t feel entitled to hold an opinion about quantum physics, or Finnish politics, or anything I don’t understand, and I certainly wouldn’t say things like “Goddammit! For all those still struggling to understand…” about them

Agree

Only shallow judgement made him a “monster”

You mean the monster’s own bad judgement, or Frankenstein, or the humans in the book in general?

I’m 14 and this is deep