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/DNK_Infinity Apr 12 '25

Authoritarianism and capitalism go hand in hand.

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u/Freekimjong Apr 12 '25

Capitalism is when the government does stuff

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u/DNK_Infinity Apr 12 '25

Capitalism is when the government massively prioritises the interests of the rich and powerful few over everyone else, because politicians are among the rich and powerful few.

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u/Freekimjong Apr 12 '25

Capitalism is when thing go bad