• Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      They’re a bunch rich nepobabies who have failed upwards their whole life (as an example Swollen Testicles here is the heir to Lesser Evil snacks), they probably viewed this as yet another “smash and grab” corporate looting to use as a step up to their next jobs. I’m honestly skeptical that they’ll end up as fall guys, after all the Trump administration has shown that crime is legal as long as you’ve got a R next to your name.

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        as an example Swollen Testicles here is the heir to Lesser Evil snacks

        Well that’s irritating. Some of their popcorn is delicious.

        I should have trusted my logic that a company called “Lesser Evil” is still admitting it’s evil, its main selling point being “Our competition is more-er evil”

        …presupposing that “Not evil” simply isn’t an option in our socioeconomic system. Because of course.

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          “You should never grade Evils, because if one is the worst, you might be tempted kinship with the least.”

          People don’t think it is like it is. But it do . Sure reality has edge cases and exeptions… but yeee

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            16 hours ago

            I’ve used that exact same Saltzpyre quote on Lemmy a few times too! NICE!

            Even though he’s a bit of a puritanical parody, that quote hits profoundly hard. Hi five. :)

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      No, they thought they were the cyberpunk hackers going against the evil government and they are all cool and underground and shit (even if they had the backing of the most powerful man in the country and the richest man on earth).