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by CPLX 2809 days ago
This is my least favorite criticism ever.

“Like, hey man, if you’re complaining that the system is totally unfair and forces most people powerlessly into a narrow set of compromised choices, why are you making one of those choices?”

When I worked with Tom Morello he used to get it all the time too. It’s a bogus argument. There’s no requirement that one leave the system they are in prior to expressing fundamental doubts about that system.

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Tom Morello has been happy to use his fame and status to try and get his way with things.

https://www.facebook.com/The5PointCafe/posts/101526824416292...

the force in this case being banksy’s (or morello’s) desire to partake of the benefits of capitalism?