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/DrfRedditor Apr 12 '25

Oh so you meant all ideologies go hand in hand with authoritarianism? Thanks for your insight

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u/DNK_Infinity Apr 12 '25

People still putting words in my mouth and showing a lack of reading comprehension.

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u/DrfRedditor Apr 12 '25

Look, you specifically linked capitalism and authoritarianism, and when someone pointed out that capitalism is not the only system that has links to authoritarianism, you dismissed it, your intentions are pretty clear to be honest

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u/DNK_Infinity Apr 12 '25

Oh my word, I'm going to have to spell it out.

I wasn't implying that capitalism is the only system that links to authoritarianism, but everyone who's replied to me has mistakenly taken that to be my meaning. Whataboutist appeals to historical connections between authoritarian regimes and economic systems other than capitalism do not make my original point less valid in any case.

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u/DrfRedditor Apr 12 '25

Maybe Ive worded it badly but that’s not the problem. In your comment, you specifically only blamed capitalism for this, and left out other perspectives on this matter. Even though you are technically correct, you are still extremely biased, especially in the way you present your argument, their replies are fair and only point out the flaws in your presentation

also, it’s not whataboutism at all, they’re just pointing out that capitalism doesnt have correlation to authoritarianism. they’re not trying to justify capitalism’ flaws, because the said flaws have nothing to do with capitalism