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the thing about the pokemon scalper discord posts is they are very funny but they’re not unique. that is how the vast majority of investors, landlords, business owners think. obviously you can find exceptions but that is simply your brain on capitalism

when i read capital i thought this stuff was some of the more under appreciated part of it, the way that marx digs into the psychology of it, what living under this system does to you and how it really, truly, isn’t a choice. once you’ve accepted the need for profit, the rest is already justified

It is someone who can't handle the pressure and anxiety of gambling putting a $1000 down on a poker hand that isn't going to finish for weeks and agonizing over it the entire time. And when they lose, they are unable to deal with the reality that everyone who gambles loses.