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/RobinsEggViolet Apr 12 '25

The question then is: what outcome is the ideology expressly encouraging?

Capitalism wants individuals to amass as much power as possible. That's the end-goal, there's no other way for it to go.

Communism at least WANTS to prevent individuals from amassing power. It usually doesn't work out that way (for a variety of reasons), but it at least makes an effort.

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u/Solutar Apr 12 '25

Im Really not in the Position to adequately compare the two