Private property? Freedom of speech? Freedom to breed? Freedom of thought?..

  • NONE
    43•1 month ago

    Billionaires, to the god Quetzalcoatl.

  • @Nemoder@lemmy.ml
    26•1 month ago

    Convenience.
    Sadly it is something far fewer people are willing to give up than any of the above.

    • @actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
      6•1 month ago

      It really depends on the kind of convenience.

      Some conveniences are easier to give up, especially if giving them up will benefit others.

      • a new sad me
        6•1 month ago

        Example: if we are willing to walk around with smartphones that are 5mm thicker and 50g heavier, and a bit less slick in design, we can fix them instead of buying new ones. This kind of things. And we are not even willing to give that up.

        This guy speaks about this (I’m not sure if this is the right video)

        https://youtu.be/nrv45bvP8qo

        • lattrommiEnglish
          4•1 month ago

          Who is “we”? You got a mouse in your pocket or something? I absolutely would make that sacrifice. I hate smartphones. I didn’t own one until 2020 and only ended up with it because some scumbag salesman tricked my aging mom into buying it and adding a new number on her account under contract. So she gave it to me. I wish smartphones would go away. They are as “smart” as AI is “intelligent”. I’ve gone without a car most of my life, i’ve never had netflix/instagram/amazon/twitter/etc accounts, I didn’t have internet for the first 15 years as an adult and I am ready to give these things I have now that I don’t want, which are somehow mandatory to participate in life these days. The prospect of getting rid of it all and trying my hand at hermit life or as a hobo grow stronger every day.

        • PrivateNoob
          1•1 month ago

          I don’t know if the general population cares about phone thickness that much, but in my case I actually would hate a too thin phone.

  • @Majestic@lemmy.ml
    14•1 month ago

    Private property isn’t a sacrifice. I don’t own any.

    There’s a difference between personal property and private property. Private property is a mall, is a factory, is machinery at your workplace. Personal property is your toothbrush, your Playstation, your Television, your blender, your set of German knives, your computer, your books, etc.

    Freedom of speech has never existed. The illusion of it has been allowed to be stronger or weaker in various places at various times, if your speech is no threat it’s often allowed, it’s when it’s a threat that suddenly the freedom vanishes and hides behind excuses like national security or illegal ideologies, etc.

    I question how you would get rid of freedom of thought without some sort of hellish brain implants being made mandatory so it’s an odd thing to mention.

    I’d be willing to sacrifice an awful lot of fascists, reactionaries, and an awful lot of enabling liberals. I’d be willing to sacrifice bourgeoisie. The expropriation of their private property is not a sacrifice but a necessity for things being held in common trust for the people.

  • Terevos
    11•1 month ago

    It won’t be a better world if there’s no private property or freedom of speech or freedom to breed or freedom of thought.

    The instant these freedoms are forfeited, the world becomes worse.

  • @Agent641@lemmy.world
    10•1 month ago

    The landlords.

    There are a lot of them so it would be exhausting work to behead them all myself but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make

  • Dzso
    9•1 month ago

    I’d sacrifice social media algorithms. Delete them all.

    • @bitjunkie@lemmy.world
      1•1 month ago

      For me that would depend on whether it’s just my personal freedom to do so or all of humanity’s. I didn’t come to the hypothetical thought experiment question thread to not kill 8 billion fucking people.