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I'm feeling spicy today.
Perhaps I should have said consumerist holiday. In any case, consumerism and capitalism are inextricably intertwined.
Regardless, I was not making a claim that communism (or any other economic system of wealth distribution) is superior to capitalism.
I WAS, however, referencing how Valentine's Day is an especially commercialized holiday driven by profits that capitalizes on heteronormative, mononormative romantic love.... and that shit is not great for anyone.
Anywho. I can see I'm better suited in other subreddits.
EDIT: I'm better suited for other subreddits, but I'm not leaving this one. I just probably won't post again for another 6 months, and I'll be more mindful of the words I use. Then again, the discourse is valuable, so next time maybe I'll stir the pot intentionally.
Fuck capitalism.
Okay, let me rephrase: *consumerist. 🙄
Yeah, it's me. But I never followed through on making/ posting any content there, so I presume I'm still welcome on gw. I'd delete the account but then I'd have to remember passwords 😆
Consistency isn't my strength and thus subscription based stuff would take out all the fun of it for me.
To be clear, I hear the criticism, and I understand the sentiment. I recognize that polyamory does not care about party line or economic systems. But I do, so for those cases I'll engage in communities where politics are welcome.
And yes, I said I'm better suited for other subreddits, but I'm not leaving this one. I just probably won't post again for another 6 months, and I'll be more mindful of the words I use. Which is honestly not all that different from how I already engaged in this sub. I like to pop in as an example of success stories. Hell, I just came out as polyamorous on my Facebook a couple weeks ago. But it's not a super relevant sub for my day to day browsing.
I used the word capitalist as a modifier for holiday. Consumerist or commercial would have been better word choice. But whatever you wanna call it, the mainstream toxic monogamy culture is super apparent on Valentine's day, and I'm a cynic.
Yeah, it was also more than one, and not just in the comments.
I was not expecting that.
I didn't mean to imply I was rage quitting the sub over it. Just reverting to my standard lurking.
Glad to hear it! I am all of those things.
My bad. I tried when I made the post but it wasn't obvious how. I fixed it. Should be tagged as NSFW now.
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Fucking precisely.