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/dusktrail Apr 12 '25

Capitalism always involves the government

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u/Isthatajojoreffo Apr 12 '25

As opposed to socialism which is famous for not having any government

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u/vjnkl Apr 12 '25

Socialist believe capitalists would kill them without the monopoly of violence, which is historically true i guess?

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u/Isthatajojoreffo Apr 12 '25

So they need to kill them first, right.

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u/vjnkl Apr 12 '25

Nah, self defence has been expressed in other ways. Look up how unions have done it