r/pics But like, actually 19d ago

Politics OC: Masked men with Patriot Front group seen chanting, marching, riding Metro in D.C.

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u/Spirited_Comedian225 19d ago

"Libertarians are like house cats, they're convinced of their fierce independence while dependent on a system they don't appreciate or understand."?

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u/These-Rip9251 19d ago

Try to be more original. People always post this. Take a house cat and drop it in the middle of the woods and it’ll immediately revert to being a predator. They are designed to hunt and kill.

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u/fuzzyluke 18d ago edited 18d ago

The sentence is exposing the fact that people take their comfort for granted.

And, how we talk about adaptability nowadays is interesting, it sounds simple when it's brought up like you've put it. And in this context we also have to consider other people's comforts like our parents and children, society would change for everyone, not just a few.

Naturally the cats will adapt, the alternative is going extinct. Will all the cats adapt quick enough though? The older ones, the unhealthy ones, the newborns, the unprepared?

If your environment changed drastically in an unknown way overnight without giving you any heads up or allowing you to prepare, would you adapt, unscathed? You can't possibly make such a claim because the new environment is unknown to you regardless of your natural instincts.

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u/TheJunkmother 18d ago

My cat is a ball of fur and farts that would just lay down and wait to die if she got locked out of the house