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> This is Capitalism. Everything has to be family friendly so it can reach as wide an audience as possible

Ah yes, those socialists and their totally not family friendly media? Really?

> When you're waiting for customer support, you have to hear a fun jingle so you don't get upset.

It's so you know you haven't been disconnected.

> People have to be talked down to like children so they know their place in the wealth hierarchy.

Please don't talk down to people regardless of how wealthy you are. You will always have the best luck by being warm but polite, talking respectfully but honestly.

> It's an ideology, not in the sense of political beliefs, but rather false ideas that ...

Capitalism appears to be pretty real, and it appears to be pretty political. I would not say it "dominates" society since plenty of people seem to be against it in name alone.

parent vorpalhex 5 years ago

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