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Every last person working to make it a worse world.
Out of the ones you listed, freedom to breed
The landlords.
There are a lot of them so it would be exhausting work to behead them all myself but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make
How much better of a world? I'd be happy with half of what I have if it meant literally everyone else in the world could have that much, certainly. Move 4 more people into the house and give up half the money, half the clothes, my car, of course I would do that if it brought the same level of wealth to every single person, it would be not great at first but wow can you imagine how fast it would get better, if nobody was terribly poor? I'd bet that by the time I was old we'd personally be better off than before the split.
The trump family grifters and all their sycophantic (lookin' at you Lindsay Graham) enablers
Some billionaires
my chains. i've nothing else to lose.
And then it got worse
Sometimes I sit down and muse about the great world we could create if everything was owned by the state, only approved speech was allowed, if only the best people were allowed to reproduce and everyone was only allowed to think approved thoughts. Like to get my Utopia I am even willing to subject an innocent child to a life of constant suffering and misery...
A better world wouldnβt require sacrificing freedoms.
Billionaires, to the god Quetzalcoatl.
I think we could sacrifice billionaires to Peppa Pig and it'd still get the job done.
even if one is your president?
Ehm... I'm not from USA... But since you ask, yes! He would be the first one!
I'm the guy dancing in this image
Hey can you tell me whatβs the source of this please? Seems interesting
Apocalypto
2006 film
I'm going to guess it's from the movie Apocalypto, but I might be wrong.
Jaguar Paw
A better world would imply that its better even when considering the sacrifice, meaning that any sacrifice would be worth it
I mean, in an overall sense yes, but that's like saying climbing Everest is easy because on average the world has very little elevation change.
I'd sacrifice social media algorithms. Delete them all.
A sacrifice is something you like and want to keep, but you're going to give it up for a higher good.
Also ban advertisements
No, not "algorithms" are the problem, but the capitalist who own social media and the algorithms on these.
If you're not free, the world isn't free.
Burger King's Chicken fries
Convenience.
Sadly it is something far fewer people are willing to give up than any of the above.
It really depends on the kind of convenience.
Some conveniences are easier to give up, especially if giving them up will benefit others.
Example: if we are willing to walk around with smartphones that are 5mm thicker and 50g heavier, and a bit less slick in design, we can fix them instead of buying new ones. This kind of things. And we are not even willing to give that up.
This guy speaks about this (I'm not sure if this is the right video)
I don't know if the general population cares about phone thickness that much, but in my case I actually would hate a too thin phone.
Who is "we"? You got a mouse in your pocket or something? I absolutely would make that sacrifice. I hate smartphones. I didn't own one until 2020 and only ended up with it because some scumbag salesman tricked my aging mom into buying it and adding a new number on her account under contract. So she gave it to me. I wish smartphones would go away. They are as "smart" as AI is "intelligent". I've gone without a car most of my life, i've never had netflix/instagram/amazon/twitter/etc accounts, I didn't have internet for the first 15 years as an adult and I am ready to give these things I have now that I don't want, which are somehow mandatory to participate in life these days. The prospect of getting rid of it all and trying my hand at hermit life or as a hobo grow stronger every day.
the ability to lie and "falsely claim".
imagine everybody is stricken with that boy's wish from "liar liar"
sure there would be a bunch of hurt feelings, but maybe the better world can compensate?
It's hard to imagine a world with no freedom of thought being better, somehow.
In practice, I doubt we'll ever have to sacrifice much more than we already have. (Which is actually a significant amount. For example, until recent history living on a schedule was for ascetics and flagellants)
This one.
I don't particularly want to be remembered for anything in my life. I don't need fame or standing. I dedicate my life to trying to improve people's lives as a teacher. I'd give my life if it meant everyone would live a significantly better life forever.
It won't be a better world if there's no private property or freedom of speech or freedom to breed or freedom of thought.
The instant these freedoms are forfeited, the world becomes worse.
Private property. I don't actually want to own things for the sake of owning things, I want a stable and reasonably comfortable life. In the current system, the only way to reliably achieve that is to own the things you need in your life. But if the system were such that you could live a decent life without owning a thing, I'll take that.
And that is with the interpretation of private property as literally any possession you can own. If we go by the socialist interpretation of private property as property used to generate capital, I already have no private property and neither do most people here.
Vanity projects.
My car and my motorcycle. The motorcycle in particular hurts a bit more because that leans more into the sport and pleasure (cars do it for me too, but I like the MC more). I live in the US so no decent public transport for me. I'd have to walk about a half mile to get to the closest stop to my house. Closest drop off to my work still means another walk of two miles. Side walks are a bit lacking too. Not to mention that the scheduled for the bus is a bit too limited for what I need.
I love driving for fun, in particular on the MC, but that is getting to. Having to? That sucks and is kind of bad for the environment.
- The concept of a family
- Freedom to pick your own job (Government assigned positions)
- Ability for me to be anything above lower-class
- Nationalism and pride in a Culture
- Accelerated Global Warming
- My intelligence becoming below average
- Every human lifespan is halved
- Research of Space and Regression of Rocket Technology (forever sub-sound)
Freedom to Breed. Easy for me, because I don't plan on having kids ever and I don't really think it is a good idea to be having kids if you're unable to sustain them much less, yourself.
If a better world means we have to limit the amount of people we bring in here until everything chills the fuck out, so be it. There is absolutely no reason or benefit to bring in 3 - 12 kids at a given.
Freedom to Breed may not necessarily mean that you may not have any kids. It might also mean that $amount of kids is mandatory, though...
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