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    123 months ago

    The meaning of life is to create surplus value to bestow on cats.

    Capitalists getting it too is just a side effect.

    Think about it, historically speaking, capitalism basically rose alongside granaries and the ability to store grain. This is also when cats domesticated us.

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      3 months ago

      The etymology of capitalist is actually pretty fascinating, it stems from a mistranslation of the Greek word catipalist, someone who was pals with a cat. Although historians and lexicologists question how consensual the friendship was due to the authoritative role the cats took over the household.

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        53 months ago

        That’s also where the term “fat cats” came from, to refer to the catipalist bosses