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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
If you don't like this fact, hey, I agree.. But I'm not sure it's very productive to blame others for believing in a cultural myth that is so wide-spread, and one that you probably also believe(d) in, at least until recently.
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While I can appreciate a rant against consumerist culture, aren't you missing the point? You're saying "Hey, because of your culture, you can't help that people steal copyrighted stuff, so if you want to stop that, you should change other aspects of the culture." Would you say the same thing about racism in America, which is surely a product of its culture more than anything? Sure, yes, tackling the cultural roots of racism is essential for future generations... but that doesn't mean you also don't take action to combat racism itself in its current forms, rather than simply accept them.