capitalism is not only dysfunctional as an economic system, it brings out the absolute WORST in people. like people are not naturally as greedy as bezos, bezos grew up under capitalism and followed the path of success that it entails and encourages (exploitation and horrid business practices to maximize profit and crush competition).
in the documentary “the corporation” they address that these especially greedy ceos are not ‘a few bad apples’. they’re products of a profit-driven system.
as I said in an old post, no one is born with the idea “I’d like to use underpaid child labor to make my company’s shoes”, but CEOs sure do. itsthecapitalism.jpg is what i’m saying anyways end this system before the climate fucks us
after years of being vaguely confused when I came across the measurement “a stick of butter” in recipes, today I learned that in the United States they sell butter in these skinny stick things:
it is literally a stick of butter. A STICK OF BUTTER.
i have literally never seen butter sold this way. each stick one only amounts to ½ a cup of butter AMERICANS PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT MY WHOLE LIFE WHEN I SAW THE PHRASE “A STICK OF BUTTER” IN RECIPES I WAS IMAGINING THIS:
THIS IS THE ONLY “STICK” I’D EVER SEEN BUTTER SOLD IN. I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE THROWING FUCKIN’ POUNDS UPON POUNDS OF BUTTER INTO THINGS HOLY JESUS THE WORLD MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW FUCKIN CHRIST.
I love little foreign confusion things like this
we’re still throwing pounds of butter in shit just using more wrappers
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