• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      23 days ago

      Explain to me how two women kissing causes an unrelated person’s purchasing power to be reduced.

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        23 days ago

        That’s a social issue and lies on a separate axis from economic issues. Unfortunately in the US the capitalists refuse to give the voters an economic left option, so we have to settle for a capitalist party that panders to bigots, and a capitalist party that pretends to not be bigoted.

      • Redacted@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        Because they’ll spend their free time enjoying each other’s company instead of buying things they don’t need?!

        Apologies, no context was provided so it seems I wrongly assumed it was related to quality of life in general, not social freedoms.

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      23 days ago

      Don’t buy into the lie. Most happiness grows when shared. It’s important to have enough, but no material goods bring nearly as much happiness as the joys of other people

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        23 days ago

        The key word is “enough”. Most people in the world spend the majority of their lives working to make money for someone else in order to put food on the table.

        More money means more time available to spend with their loved ones, from which happiness is derived as you say.