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The People's Line

The problem with political pills

There's no getting "pilled" against a capitalist ideology that always adapts.

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Carl Beijer
Aug 19, 2022
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Capitalist ideology’s most sinister deception is that it only has one way to defend capitalism, and that once you figure that out you have its number. This is what the kids call getting “pilled”: if you’ve been redpilled, or blackpilled, or tradpilled, or whateverpilled, then you have seen through the illusion that keeps the powerful in power. A few com…

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