Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoJust a friendly (depressing) reminder that poverty is a social construct. As a society we say, 'cool' everyday.message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareJust a friendly (depressing) reminder that poverty is a social construct. As a society we say, 'cool' everyday.Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoright, “social construct” doesn’t mean “imaginary”
minus-squarePluto [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoYeah, and, for example, Marx said that “money” was technically “real” as early as The German Ideology. It wasn’t a matter of saying “money is fiat and therefore it doesn’t exist!” It was a matter of dealing with the system at the heart of it.
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoHe iterates this with his belief in god: they’re all real because we said they are and affect our lives and the lives of others
right, “social construct” doesn’t mean “imaginary”
Yeah, and, for example, Marx said that “money” was technically “real” as early as The German Ideology. It wasn’t a matter of saying “money is fiat and therefore it doesn’t exist!” It was a matter of dealing with the system at the heart of it.
He iterates this with his belief in god: they’re all real because we said they are and affect our lives and the lives of others
yeah