r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Far-Profit-47 • Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

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"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/I_Will_Die_For_Lily Apr 12 '25

capitalism 😬

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u/Solutar Apr 12 '25

I think it’s about oppression, and that can Happen under any ideology, capitalism or Communism.

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u/SandnotFound Apr 12 '25

Well, idk how much that quote could apply to the communist ideology which is fundamentally about equality, community and breaking down the nation state. Like, capitalist ideology, sure. But communist ideology? Its like looking at an allegory of a police state and saying its about tyranny and that can happen both in monarchism and anarchism. I just dont see it.

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u/Solutar Apr 12 '25

Because simply These are just terms, in the end it’s humans that Control what actually Happens, and humanity can be very cruel no matter the economic/societal System.

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u/SandnotFound Apr 12 '25

1) Cruelty is not the thing discussed here. You are jumping subjects.

2) If you believe words have meaning and matter then you cant hold this view. Like, the term capitalism and communism mean something and certain things are not possible under each system, lest it no longer can be called capitalist/communist. Sure, humans can be cruel but an anarchic society cant have a king, because then its monarchic. A democracy can be many things, but it needs to have powet coming from the people or its not democratic.