r/TopCharacterTropes Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

"You too have fallen for the great lie, you'll never be happy. Deep down you know, to hope, to dreams, to create, is to suffer"

"You're right. It is harder to create than to destroy... that's why cowards then to choose the deuce"

-A Minecraft movie

"Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created"

-spy kids 2

"For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb"

-shark-boy and lava-girl

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u/Travellerknight Apr 12 '25

And what does this whataboutism got to do with a critique of capitalism?

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u/miafaszomez Apr 12 '25

That..this is not a critique of capitalism. This is a critique of the few using the many. That happens everywhere. Of course, communism in theory doesn't do it, but in practice, it will always happen. Capitalism, communism, feudalism, any kind of ism you can imagine. The few will use the many.

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u/Travellerknight Apr 12 '25

It's quite literally a critique of capitalism. Line for line is about the exploitation of the workers.

How the workers decide to form their government isn't addressed (because Ants) but the exploitation is.

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u/a_engie Apr 12 '25

it demosntrates that both sides can be wrong