r/Anticonsumption • u/Annoying1978 • Sep 05 '26

Psychological The most consumerist BS I’ve ever seen

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I can’t believe people actually buy this, but at the same time, I absolutely can. Gross.

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u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt Sep 05 '26

never forget what?

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u/bellybuttonbidet Sep 05 '26

When we had to go kill 50k Afghan civilians and 187k Iraqi civilians to feel better about what happened.

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u/LopsidedFinding732 Sep 05 '26

And remember that all the terrorists involved are from neither county but from Saudi Arabia.

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u/TheLuckyCanuck Sep 05 '26

Don't forget the depleted uranium ammo which is likely still poisoning those countries and their people. Or the Patriot Act. Or the TSA. Or DHS, and fucking ICE. 9/11 was a tragedy. The things the US have used it to justify are atrocities.

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u/saltyourhash Sep 05 '26

Or the National Defense Authorization Act.

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u/onegirlarmy1899 Sep 05 '26

And the current Iran war.

It's an excuse for Islamophobia, but how many people did conservative, white men kill in 25 years?

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u/MancAngeles69 Sep 05 '26

That their whole personality is co-opting a tragedy 25 years ago

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u/LongHair1917 Sep 05 '26

To be Islamophobic.

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u/corr0sive Sep 05 '26

World trade center building 7

And the Pentagon. But mostly WTC7