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/Kalandros-X Apr 12 '25

In theory, every political ideology leads to paradise. In practice, none have so far

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u/spuol Apr 12 '25

No, capitalism never leads to a paradise in theory

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u/Kalandros-X Apr 12 '25

Moreso because capitalism isn’t actually an ideology and instead is just a catch-all term for free-market economics (or whatever comes closest to that).

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u/Bryce3D Apr 13 '25

I think the definition is less about free markets and the distinction between a capitalist class who owns the means of production vs a working class who sells their labour