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He was talking to two dudes who liked like tire mechanics. I saw him right when I was entering the building so I didn't really get a chance to check it out. Idk if it was a shirt for an org or what, as far away as I was it may have been an anti-communist shirt for all I know. I was hoping I'd see him again when I left but sadly he was gone.

Anyway I just thought that was weird.

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[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a semi-joke that Costco is the closest thing the American middle class gets to communism.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Get rid of the parking lot and build apartments over medical facilities, schools, restaurants, entertainment, post office, etc and you've got a fully functional town.

[–] Biggay@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

theyre going to do that in LA in order to get the city to not stop them from building it, theres like 400 single bedroom apartments above the costco

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know; I was one of the tire mechanic looking dudes.

Can you get me a deal on a tire rotation?

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Boomers can be comrades too, don't let the ruling class divide and conquer strategy blind you to this.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagining the collective Hexbear horror when OP reveals that the guy he saw was in his 30's.

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

The old is coming from inside the house

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

if it was black I was going to guess it was this deprogram shirt

https://deprogramshop.com/products/flowers-blooming

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool design but a 40 dollar t shirt is bourgeoisie decadence

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If its made to order in a union shop, shirt too, then 40 bucks is probably what it costs with some proceeds going to podcast and probably artist .

Most things are cheap now BC of massive exploitation. As multi polarity increases expect most things to become more inline with this shirt.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That might be true if the shirts were made to order in union shops with vaguely fair profit sharing. There's nothing I can see to indicate that's the case here, though, just bourgeois decadence.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bourgeois decadence is when branded merch? communism is when you only dress in the cheapest possible clothing?

I have some hesitance about it too, but admittedly it wouldn't be non-exploitative even if this happened in a union shop with great profit sharing. The raw materials and t-shirt blanks would likely be another story, and so would the delivery and payment processing, and union shops aren't exactly revolutionary even if they tend to be better for workers.

I can see the argument that its more important to build up a communist media apparatus (and this requires money) than to refuse to make money by not selling anything because of ethical concerns that are basically impossible to fully address.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I clearly didn't deliver it well, but the "bourgeois decadence" was honestly just a joke. I agree with all thata you said.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

ur good i just have no sense of humor sometimes and when im unsure I seriouspost

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EDIT: I responded to the wrong comment here

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah the shirt was red with a gold hammer and sickle on the back

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yea sorry, I edited after I realized you said red

It's fine lol