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b_b  ·  3735 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I don't understand why you have to pay to live on a planet you were born on.

    Do you mean that people are responsible for their own (un)happiness and it's not the system's fault or responsibility to cater for that?

I mean people mistake modernity as the cause of unhappiness, and if you pay attention to history, it's easy to see that unhappiness predates modernity by millenia. Therefore, modernity (or capitalism) is not the primary cause of our shared despair.

    Are you suggesting suicide as a solution to unhappiness with a lifestyle you didn't choose and don't know how to change?!

No. I'm saying it's obviously the better choice for most people to learn to cope with life. There's a lot one can get out of living, and complaining isn't a great help in our struggle.