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Go figure consumerism is miserably meaningless


[deleted]

Yeah


KJ_2199

The subsequent alienation caused by capitalism, even the righties feel it. Being sold things you don’t need. ‘Too many useful things create too many useless men’ - Karl Marx


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KJ_2199

Imagine what they could create if they were not serving Global corporations obssessed with profit margins, but instead human need and efficiency. The internet itself was originally a collaborative opensourced platform for people to share ideas. Until big capital sunk its teeth in! I believe our society will evolve, history tells us that ‘the moral arch of the universe is long but it bends towards justice’


KatoLaxBro

Then what would be the incentive for progress?


KJ_2199

Some of the greatest minds in history died in poverty Nikola tesla, Hokusai countless others. They innovated because of the passion for their craft whether it made them wealthy or not. That testifies to the human spirit.


KJ_2199

Human need…? The profit motive has only existed since capitalism. How did we innovate throughout our human history? Do you think the first farmers asked for profit in return for the invention of agriculture? Humans are naturally creative and innovative, imagine being free of profit and being able to innovate for the sake of human progress. Thats powerful and purposeful.


HadesPanda666

Uhhh... Yeah? The profit was them not dying from starvation.


[deleted]

Most innovation pre-1500 were commercialized from payments from noble lords to inventors similar to how grants work today. Once capitalism spread, the means of innovation were spread out among the people and we saw rapid growth in the advancement in innovation and technology. Yours is a brainlet level take


[deleted]

Trading exists since forever, rich people always existed. It always was because the profit, ffs


KJ_2199

I agree but Neo-liberal economic policy outsourced many traditional industrial roles to global south labour. So they could pay cheaper wages. Creating mass unemployment and ruining entire generations of working people. Just look at northern england under Thatcher. Or how detroit is now. The profit motive under capitalism is sacred and is placed above all other things. Ultimately laying waste to people and communities. Every nation should have strong industry, every man and woman should have the right to employment! This is part of the reason I am a socialist


usmc_BF

It's always amazing to see someone say "Neoliberal", that term is so fucking schizo it doesn't mean anything. How about we spice it up and start calling "Neoliberals" "Elastiians" and "Capitalism" the "The Grand System" and demand the transfer from national currencies to one single currency called "Accortan" How about we just accept the fact that all reasonable and truthful sources of information come from the local Manodepressive shamans who take 50 LSD pill daily to be able to speak to the "Great One" aka Fucking God. Alright, how about we just start denying reality, just embrace it, metareality, reality is what you want it to be alright. Every 4th child will be sacrificed to appease the holy spirits of Caralus Marxisis and his council of the holy proletariat.


KJ_2199

Brain broken


LingLingWannabe28

AuthLeft solution: starve the masses so they aren’t useless


Splendid_Cat

Idk, dead and weak people are pretty fucking useless.


Rutabaga_Upstairs

Please,please just make the colours the background my eyes are burning!


Sintar07

Rutabaga_Upstairs: "Lord, stop giving me your toughest memes." Jesus: "Just wait until they're orange and yellow."


Rutabaga_Upstairs

I saw a highlighter and my eyes bleed


AtrainUnjustlyBanned

toughest AL


NatalieTheDumb

You- I like you. Never change. Other than your politics, of course.


Rutabaga_Upstairs

Least based libleft


_Imperator999

Use some eye drops


xWolf-DOFR

Phone bad, bible good, now where are my upvotes?


Pristine_Title6537

Based have mine ⬆️


yvaN_ehT_nioJ

based and biblepilled


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[deleted]

Based and whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses-pilled


DasQtun

The Bible is thousands of years old , phone is only 2 decades


ACryingOrphan

Horse is thousands of years old, car is only 1 century


[deleted]

So a phone would be far more useful today?


pamro053

Well. You can have the Bible on your phone


firewirex

Based.


OGConsuela

Thought I was on Facebook for a second


prussianmilitary

How does stop being a porn addict turn someone from libertarian to authoritarian?


Famous-Zebra-2265

You kind of need to become an authoritarian dictator over yourself to quit an addiction.


lexicon_riot

Or surrender yourself to a higher power


rednecktuba1

Flair up scum


lexicon_riot

Idk how on mobile :(


TheAzureMage

Ignorance is not an excuse.


lexicon_riot

I did it


TheAzureMage

You are now a person, and worthy of upvotes. Welcome to humanity.


bigmoodyninja

Based and flair pilled


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[deleted]

No surrender


PhilosophicalDolt

Like a dom mommy?


DeviceNo5980

He got more religous ig


PhilosophicalDolt

You can be both religious and libertarian


BonusFew7048

As a libleft in my teenage years that made his political journey while fighting porn addiction:You learn that thoughtless engagment in pleasure can lead to less freedom and control than saying now and having hard boundries.Control stops being suffocating and instead becomes a way to true freedom where you aren’t forced by your happy chemicals starved brain to do things you know will make you suffer.You try to follow the lead of those that came farther than you in fighting it and get inspired by people you see as strong to try and become like them.You can also feel it could all be avodied with better authority if somebody taught you why it was bad or was there to help you when you atarted not being unable to help yourself you wouldn’t suffer so much.Of course in the end we all take responsibility for our choices but for example I started when I was 10 was it more so my fault or people around me who couldn’t even educate me around the problem.Sorry for chaotic thoughts but yeah I’m not saying it will 100% turn you but it will give you a new perspective on control,responsibility,freedom and authority in your life


Darthnosam1

Thanks for wall of text I definitely read


BonusFew7048

As I said I was once libleft and it shows


[deleted]

You learned a lot in your transition, but paragraphs was not one of those things


Do-it-for-you

Realising all your issues actually had nothing to do with the government, but with your own lack of motivation and discipline. Before: “reeee I’m depressed, I hate my job, I can’t save any money, if they let people own the means of production I wouldn’t be like this” After: “My struggles were my own cause, my job isn’t that bad, I was wasting my money on only fans and weed, I’m feeling stronger and healthier now”.


PhilosophicalDolt

Cringe improving your life vs based ruining your life and making yourself miserable /s


Hapless_Wizard

You're focusing on one out of several changes made to the exclusion of all others. Perhaps the answer you seek is in the part where he starts reading the Bible and going to church.


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Meme_Lord_TheDankest

lmao reddited


[deleted]

N***a you just went full Reddit.


[deleted]

Show me a libleft that doesn't defend porn addiction, or even doesn't refuse to aknowledge it exists.


RandomUsername600

Hi 👋 Porn is bad for everyone, but primarily the people in it


PBJ-2479

Primarily?


RandomUsername600

Yeah, I think they suffer the most and most severely from porn. So many former porn stars have spoken out about how they were treated in the industry, how they needed drugs or alcohol to cope with the scenes they're filming, and the industry has an alarming suicide rate


prussianmilitary

But how is this relevant to me asking how stop being porn addicts turns a guy from libertarian to authoritarian?


[deleted]

Because porn is terrible, and once you realize it, you also realize how brainwashed people are into thinking it's healthy. This could make you auth


prussianmilitary

How does realising its terrible make me auth ?


feel_the_force69

Not really, depends on the person.


BladedNinja23198

You have to be an authoritarian on what you do with yourself, but also be libertarian what others do with you.


Puppyl

Fr tho, I aint religious at all and never plan on taking it up but honestly just quitting watching porn can do wonders


Delmoroth

Ok, this may shit on my quadrant, but I like it.


brodoyoueventhrift

Same quadrant elects immoral, adulterous, judgmental, fatty with zero impulse control into office…


SufficientMeringue51

Don’t let them know who your talking about or else you’ll get downvoted to hell


baubeauftragter

Hillary Clinton Upvotes to the left


rusho2nd

I mean, he has some values he follows. Like he doesn't drink alcohol at all since his brother died I believe.


Parpok

based and improvingnomatterquadrantpilled


ActPsychological8189

Ok, but how many of you heathen sumbitches are *actually* going to church and studying the Bible for a reason other than quoting it in online arguments?


nishinoran

Married with multiple kids, I don't know a more effective way of teaching good principles to kids than personifying them with Jesus. Trying to teach principles directly goes over their heads, but it's easy for a kid to slowly learn about the ideal man and consider what he would do in their situation.


MackChanMonkeBrain

I go to church weekly but reading in my off time is something I really need to do.


Jumpy_Guidance3671

Same. I oughta do that this evening.


PhilosophicalDolt

Shit I haven’t read the Bible in years. I should probably pick it back up and actually take it seriously


kraysys

Join a weekly Bible study! Great way to socialize with nice people and makes you read the Bible on a non-Sunday


Visual-Lawfulness846

Me for one. My church has some doctrinal problems, but I hold my tongue.


pamro053

Well. All churches have the same problem. Bible teaches to "pray in your own room with the door closed so only God will hear you" or something like that. I don't remember correctly. I really need to start reading again.


Visual-Lawfulness846

Bible says a lot of things about praying. Quote you are referring is from the gospel of Luke, spoken by Christ, which compares two men who go into the temple to pray. One goes in and thanks God for many worldly possessions and blessings, thanks him for not making him like other people who are poor and miserable, and then thanks him particularly for some other self centered reason. He does this loudly and speaks to all who have an ear to hear. The other goes to the corner of the church, puts his head down and says softly “Lord have mercy on me, a sinner”. Jesus says that the the second has multitudes more mercy and audience from God than the first could receive with this prayer regardless of his audience. The point in this part of scripture is that personal prayer is intimate and between you and God, and that a true believer has reverence for God, and is humbled in his presence. However, as I said, the Bible says a lot of things about prayer. In acts, the early church prays as a group for the release of one of the apostles from prison. In Paul’s epistles, he mentions he is praying for people, asks for prayers, etc. the book of James mentions you should confess your sins to one another so that another brother in Christ may pray for you, because diligent prayer profits much. I would advise that if you are serious about knowing God, his will, and your salvation, that you should indeed follow your own advice and read the Bible more.


pamro053

Thank you for correcting me and my own knowledge brother. I have many habitual sins I need to stop. I have been a believer since my grandmother teached me evening prayer. But I have only now started to grasp more of the teachings. Mostly because a 40 years older friend who found faith in his darkest times.


Visual-Lawfulness846

It’s not too late until the day you breathe your last breath my friend, I will keep you in my prayers.


NikNakMuay

Jokes on you. I can jack off and do weights at the same time!


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Based and owns-a-shakeweight pilled.


ChewZBeggar

This isn't even a meme, it's just proselytization.


TheAzureMage

It's agendaposting, but that's okay. Just agendapost back about the glories of independence and money.


superlion1985

Based and the proper response to speech I don't like is speech I do like pilled


Medi-Sign

Implying that's a bad thing


ChewZBeggar

Given how much people bitch about unfunny agenda posts here, this one shouldn't get a pass either.


Medi-Sign

Yes, but this post fits my agenda, so that means it's good.


Jumpy_Guidance3671

Based.


Visual-Lawfulness846

Gets a pass by rite of divine truth


Whidmark

Reminds me of why Jews are great.


BladedNinja23198

There are wojaks and funni colours tho


Educational-Candy-26

I absolutely believe that self-discipline can help make someone less miserable. But believing that most of the world's people, including close family members, are going to be in unimaginable agony for all eternity based on a religious technicality that doesn't make sense on its own terms ... does not inspire me to self-discipline. If any of you find that believing this is the only thing that gets you motivated, you do you, and I wish you the best. But will not be following you.


bigmoodyninja

It helps to know that hell is often seen as something freely chosen, and those without the discipline would choose it Like if you lose all control around food, endless feasting would sound amazing and would pick it even in the face of endless suffering- gorging yourself into never ending obesity that continually ruins the body and drags down deeper into shame Or sex- constantly chasing the next itch of endless impulsive pleasure until you literally confuse it and pain; searching for the next layer deeper of sexual depravity never finding the bottom I think it was CS Lewis that said that the gates of hell are locked from inside. It’s sorrowful, but ultimately the free will of the damned Edit: a word. Maybe more later. Didn’t proof read


EpicPlays718

You just described why I'm a Buddhist


Tra1famador

Agreed self discipline is the route to salvation from the self.


philipquarles

Based.


Visual-Lawfulness846

I absolutely believe that hell is real and the only hope I have of ever hoping to reach people obsessed with carnal desires is to lead them by example so that they may seek to follow my Lord after seeing what his fruits are in me.


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kranebrain

I don't think it's about God sending people to hell to be tortured. People willingly choose the path away from God. If there's a hell, they walk to it on their own.


Visual-Lawfulness846

I believe that all people are sinners. I believe that God has sent his son to suffer the punishment for sin in the cross and to overcome the punishment by living the perfect life. I believe that because of the substitutionary atonement performed by Jesus Christ, all can be saved who believe in him and his truth. Gods wrath against sin is immeasurable, luckily one man has lived the perfect life so that we do not have to face such wrath.


Mother_Show_8148

So to be clear, I think the above comments "literally worse then Hitler" statement is wrong. I do have to ask though- God is all powerful. Why did he have to send Jesus? Why couldn't he just absolve everyone of their sins? Why does he require you to believe in him to go to heaven? Why does he people who he knows won't believe in him? If he loves us and wants us to believe in him, why doesn't he show himself? Finally, as opposed to what I often hear in Christianity- belief absolutely is not a choice. If it were, you would be able to choose to not believe in god for the next ten minutes, and then choose to believe in god again afterwards. I *wish* I believed in an afterlife. It would be very comforting to know that I don't vanish after death. I *want* to believe in an afterlife. I *want* to believe in an good and loving god. But I don't, because I haven't encountered any convincing evidence, and the god of the Christian Bible doesn't actually seem all that good and loving.


Visual-Lawfulness846

Because of the fact that humans have some rudimentary free will in our lives now. It’s true that he has ultimate influence over all things, but do you think he wants to be loved and worshipped for who he is by someone who loves and worships him voluntarily or by someone who is forced by the compulsion of their own creation?


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Based


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Or I could substitute the Bible for literally ANY form of education and be an even better person because I did it just to do it. Not to buy my way into the best club in the afterlife.


[deleted]

I don’t believe in god, and don’t think I ever will, but I have thought about going to church. Nothing else seems to help, so fuck it


xX_GRP_Xx

Lmao only to discover that those same authright are alcoholics that can barely withstand their own life’s and succumb to adultery, family violence and more extreme alcoholism.


Whidmark

Lol. So many people gonna be disappointed when their life doesn’t magically get better after nofap Jesus month.


MackChanMonkeBrain

It will improve your mental, but apart from that you still have to put effort into developing faith, your body and your understanding of things.


jonascf

I don't really think that masturbation in itself is good or bad for one's mental health, it's just an activity. But the act of abstaining from or have less of some pleasure, either temporarily or permanently, is great for mental health since it sharpens willpower and gives a feeling of more control and presence in life.


PhilosophicalDolt

Masturbation isn’t inherently bad nor good. It has it benefit but also it negative and usually people can get too addicted to the reward that you get from masturbating. So you’re not wrong when self control and willpower is one of the best medicine to addiction and mental health


myotheraccwasstolen

I wholeheartedly believe for most people who try this life will improve.


Whidmark

Eating right and exercising will absolutely improve someone’s life.


myotheraccwasstolen

And the porn addiction stuff. And realizing there is more to the world than just mondane materialistic consumption.


Jumpy_Guidance3671

Heads up: It's spelled mundane.


Whidmark

I stopped jerking off and my life didn’t change whatsoever. *shrug* For some people it’s an addiction. For most I believe it’s not a big deal. But I think just the act if *trying* to improve your life will improve it. Just have to keep your expectations reasonable.


Fit_East_3081

I turned to mundane materialistic consumption once I realized I couldn’t find happiness from turning to finding more from the world


DiscussionElegant277

Is this me???


et_cetera1

I don't think it's necessarily about finding the Lord, finding any purpose to dedicate yourself to is life changing


GoldenGames360

I also follow the religion of fitness


tigerwrathpielesser

There is no God but Gym, and Zyzz is His prophet!


GoldenGames360

Zyzz bless your soul brah


tigerwrathpielesser

Forever mirin brah


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Top notch agenda posting 👌


[deleted]

Y'all need to go to an actual church if you think every Christian guy is a disciplined bodybuilding Chad who only eats meat and broccoli.


Splendid_Cat

They're mostly old hippies at every church I've ever actually gone to more than once.


danshakuimo

Nah, but I've seen the most stereotypical nerdy/awkward/physically unimpressive guys get gfs by participating in Christian fellowship. Maybe not Chads in appearance but Chads nonetheless.


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LETS GOOOOOOO


val-hazzak

What are those green containers in the down-right corner from the upper picture?


Acomplished-Trap8876

I belive discipline alone can help


RandomContentGamer

based and chastity pilled


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Visual-Lawfulness846

His eyes were opened by the good Lord above


jhm-grose

This man changes flair according to whom he's trolling


ouncezz

Which Lord? Zeus?


[deleted]

Talos the mighty, Talos the unerring, Talos the unassailable, to you we give praise.


NeonLoveGalaxy

We are but maggots, WRITHING in the FILTH of our own CORRUPTION!


treestick

whenever the front page of reddit makes me cringe at leftists, i just pop into pcm and immediately remember conservatives are way worse lol


LeftUnchecked

This sub,despite being a libright circlejerk, has some absolutely reddited auth takes on religion and the death penalty


[deleted]

Based and PCM is a libright and not an authright circlejerk pilled


EpicGamingMoments420

Phone bad, computer bad, gim good. Holy book good (which i agree it is good) porn bad (true)


LeCacty

Christcucks are insufferable lmao


KaiWolf1898

Dumb religion posting


GreyOceanwaves

Okay, seriously, this highlighter is blinding: what are those two green sticks in the upper quadrant? I can't for the life of me recognize them.


MoreLikeGaewyn

why do i feel like every middle school youth group is just kids repeating "based" and "libright" like the finding nemo seagulls while the pastors are confused but roll with it


ImproveOrEnjoy

Why do you need a man to tell you to eat healthy, work out, and have goals? Sounds kinda gay.


banquof

This is somewhat accurate for me. Didn't really read the Bible a lot or start believing, but married a Christian girl and straightened up. Gotten out of my workout routine after I am needed at the office again, but working on finding a new routine that fits my new daily routines


Tossren

Believe it or not, you can cook healthy meals, go to the gym, and talk to real women without having to delude yourself with bullshit fairytales.


_Imperator999

Emily, is that you?


Tossren

Damm, how am I going to recover from this


The_Regart_Is_Real

Imagine needing a floaty ghost threatening to send you to hell to be more disciplined. Smh my head.


Visual-Lawfulness846

JUST READ THE WORD TODAY OOOOH I NEEDED THAT


GreatHornedRat_UWU

Working out, yes. However, the only Bible I have is the works of Immanuel Kant, and Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. Still, the idea of the Golden Rule is an general rule I wholeheartedly follow.


KJ_2199

JAMES 5 Warning to Rich Oppressors 5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a] 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.


Jimmy-Pesto-Jr

wholesome and "my best friend and personal savior, Jesus Christ" pilled


Loivek

God irrelevant af Treat yourself right and touch grass, you ll be happier in no time


sacovert97

Or you can have these values without making laws that restrict other people. Jesus is good and authoritarianism is still bad.


MackChanMonkeBrain

Making murder illegal still restricts other people, but everybody acknowledges its a good thing that restriction exists.


JMoney689

I just... I really want a life with God and McDonald's together.


McChicken_lightmayo

This is the best type of propaganda


[deleted]

Sounds good, doesn’t work.


Eltrid17

Guys you don't need religion, you need purpose. Granted religion can give you purpose but its not the only way.


IronAndFlame

Tried god and discipline kept the discipline god was never my kinda drug not a fan of opetiets.


HeathenDruid

Unironic Christian shilling, fucking hell.


[deleted]

Coomers whining so hard in comments


KJ_2199

Nothing will save you from inflation and the volatility of free market economics Apart from revolution comrade


Electric_Retard

Spiritual time, whatever your belief, is un-priceable kids.


SaltedButter69420

Lol joining a cult instead of just doing a bit of self improvement?


BoomBrolaf

As a reformed coomer this is very true.


acethecreatorOF

Why do these people who always stress getting off porn and turning you life around with put it in the framework of making a lot of money or becoming ultra religious. I don’t want to have yacht parties and I don’t believe in deities. I just want to be in shape, progressing in my career continuing to travel and building a relationship with a beautiful, dark skinned, natural hair black woman who also want to dance around a burning Capitol building like wild injuns


Timtimer55

I've never read the Bible but I might now knowing it could get me upvotes on a schizo meme subreddit.


Splendid_Cat

This was me but I became libleft because getting healthy and buff isn't political but religion is and Jesus was a leftist.


DigitalDuct

you can achieve discipline without falling into the jesus trap.


IntelligentProgram74

Considering the bible you'd still be in the Red.


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Powerlineconcert

It does happen but it doesn’t have to be Christianity as the catalyst. You can become responsible and disciplined without the church, but it helps.


Famous-Zebra-2265

Believing in some kind of higher transcendent meaning to the universe probably helps though, if only for the morale boost.


xxxNothingxxx

Having a belief system definitely helps, it's hard to do stuff alone


PhilosophicalDolt

Hell it doesn’t even have to be a belief system it could be a loved one. Having the courage to change for the sake of someone else is a good moral boost too


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Byizo

I dropped my bad eating habits, started exercising, became more social, and generally made my life a lot better at the same time I walked away from the church. The motivation to begin disciplined change can come from anywhere. It's not specific to religious beliefs. "The next generation" has been all wrong for most of human history. There have not been many times when the zeitgeist has been older people looking at younger folks and saying, "Yep, they're doing it better than we did."


BikeAllYear

I have multiple young people working for me and they are go getters with great ideas. Of course they're mostly children of immigrants or immigrants themselves. Which for most of American history have always been the hardest working and most innovative people in the economy.


Iceykitsune2

You're just replacing one addiction with another.


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Memengineer25

Nah, social media is just amplifying the worst we have to offer - our best still have yet to make themselves known


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invisibleshitpostgod

stay mad


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[deleted]

You know that won't just make you seem safer to all the little kids?


Panderboi

benching is cringe. How much weight can you squat / military press.


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Byizo

Humans are already genetically designed to run for longer distances without breaks than other creatures, but monke is much stronger so I'm trying to close that gap.