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See, everything's really actually tooootally fine and Linus is a totes wonderful dude who runs a happy little family worth a hundred million dollars.

Except his employees endure various forms of abuse and are visibly afraid of him at least some of the time. So much suffering is clearly a price many are willing to accept. Companies drive people to breakdowns and literal suicide and... oh well, I guess? What are people gonna do, think a little? Care a little? Post one tweet (or Xcretion or whatever the fuck) on the way to go buy the latest from a company that just killed someone, or destroyed their mental health and ability to live, or maybe "just" (said very sarcastically) groped them a bit and caused a crapload of undue stress besides? No wonder my mind's all fucked up: I look at the people around me and few of them would so much as skip a DLC to make this world any better. Everything is fucked and it's only going to get worse and I feel like I'm gonna implode if I have to see one more comfortable prick explain how his precious fucking rich white guy parasocial pal only accidentally constantly screws people over. He's really a nice guy, actually! Probably tons of fun to have a beer with! Funny on screen!

What's some peon's life, or a dozen, or a hundred or thousand or million of them compared to the complete comfort of someone who's just such a good ol' boy?

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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