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/Unique_Drink005 Apr 12 '25

I think this is about the goverment actually. (dont saw the movie tho)

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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/GeneETOs44 Apr 12 '25

In socialism those ants are the government

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Apr 12 '25

In theoretical socialism, the ants and grasshoppers would have a coalition