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Remembering that Ben Shapiro short story from an anthology book where he attempted to portray a "communist dystopia" (hexbear.net)
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The society described is a boring-ass soul-crushingly conformist cookie cutter suburb, as in, exactly the sort of "good old American small town" conservatives like Shapiro champion

The only difference is that in the society in the book, the boring-ass cookie cutter housing was guaranteed and rent-free

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[-] the_robot_from_planet_danger@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

*upwards of thirty (30) brands of cereal

[-] the_robot_from_planet_danger@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

*owned by maybe four distinct corporations tops

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Four is being very generous

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

all of them are 90% raw sugar

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

even the healthy-coded editions

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