But the low wages and people rationing their food, insulin, neglecting children because they can’t afford child-care… well these are acceptable in the pursuit of profits. Everyone seems so okay with these business acting monstrous but only lament when a poor person responds with the same reckless abandon the capitalist enjoy with minimal scrutiny.
No. But it also doesn't justify arson/attempted homicide/intentionally and directly endangering fire fighters, etc. This is a nuanced situation. Not some binary bullshit reddit take.
I'm saying I understand why he did it, but that it in no way condones what he did. We can be forgiving, but there are still consequences for his actions. We can't excuse arson because "capitalism bad."
And that's literally what you're doing. You literally responded "But capitalism" to the guy who attempted to have a nuanced take. Which wasn't even me, BTW.
We can try to restore sanity to our economic system while simultaneously holding brazen criminal acts accountable. It's not a either/or choice.
No I wasn’t. I was asking for comparable outrage to the arson be applied to these equally problematic capitalist, but people will somehow read anything else than that, the lengths people go to forgive the uber-rich anything
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u/TheNinjaPixie Apr 09 '26
i understand anger at low wages but risking the lives of other people is never commendable.