I’m genuinely not sure what the ethical position is. Maybe they are. Having watched a generation squander the massive wealth gains of what will likely be a unique economic boom, I don’t necessarily think the consumption of that wealth in the name of “living” - often a euphemism for hedonism - is something to be celebrated.

How can we be reaching this conclusion, with all the accumulated wealth in the world? How can we be seriously believing everybody should start at zero? I can’t believe what I’m reading here. Generational wealth is absolutely a thing, we inherit everything from the past. As a species, we inherit the wealth of the previous generation. Where are we imagining it goes? Given that it exists, why are we not entitled to benefit from it? There is so much wealth in the global economy, the issue is of distribution.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to pass the product of your entire life to your offspring, surely. We can’t be so atomised. Where do you think it should go? Inheriting an empire is one thing, but why shouldn’t you be able to give your own house to your child? I say this as somebody disowned by their father.

jizzpunk

It was The Stranger by Camus, whoops.

That isn’t my reading of Marx, what are you basing that on? That’s certainly not the process described in Capital.

Isn’t that the plot of that book? Maybe I’m thinking of another one.

Because he didn’t cry at his mother’s funeral, right?

Yes, and all the variations thereof. But you get the idea.

Well, that’s a very unusual thing to say.

Mine has also been up to the wrist in vagina, with moderate colon (limited to the digits). I let people know this before they shake my hand, in the spirit of transparency.

does it have cats

Reasonable take.

oh dear

If you’re a guy, I have found treating these interactions as mindfulness exercises is helpful. If you’re a woman, he’s in love with you, I’m sorry.

I asked a seven-year-old girl why he’s in the toilet. The answer - he fell in. You’re welcome.

I don’t understand, are they paying you to run interference? America is having a moment of class consciousness and you’re still hammering the racial identity politics? It’s the supremacy of capital, we’d all do well to remember that.

Hamimsmaham

melon slice

uh-oh, it’s the worst thing