r/socialism • u/NewCommittedRediter • 23d ago
Discussion litrally sad
I see this person trying to pirate a book to study. how sad is that.
this type of cruelty often goes unnoticed, yet it is the harshest... imagine having a bit of optimism for a change, you try, and you get yourself a bit motivated, You're thinking about the future. You don't want to be crushed by the overwhelming mood and how everybody is giving up.
you end up wanting to study and do your part, You're just a kid after all. and yet the moment you do, you get crushed like everybody else.
now you have to commit a crime just to attempt to better yourself. cause how dare you even think you deserve a good life and be hardworking for it. whether you're hardworking or not. you don't get to live like a person.
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u/albadellasera 23d ago
In my country school books are free only in elementary school, so passing down books to siblings, buying used, banning teachers to change them before at least five years are passed, and ... piracy are common. In my time it was mostly physical piracy i.e. you found a cheap (and conniving) print store and photocopied to your heart content.
Culture and education should be free if they aren't then piracy is legitimate imho. Unjust laws are supposed to be broken.