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		Y-bar 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're building a dystopia just to make people clic... I suppose it means the "general we", as in society at large or at least a dominant section of, as opposed the "specific we".

fracus 9 months ago [–]

I think I was annoyed at the generalization when the specific cause was obvious. Using the royal "we" seems like an egregious misappropriation of responsibility given many people specifically vote against unabated capitalism.

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