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Eh that's a weird take - The Guardian is better than most (whether that is itself good enough is going to depend on your viewpoint) main stream media sources at calling out some of the worst capitalism abuses.

They aren't a bad newspaper by the standards of what passes as our press these days.

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I think their point is that "late-capitalist hellscape" is a bit breathless considering we're just talking about football tickets and not, say, insulin. (I acknowledge it's not "just" football tickets for everyone).

Exactly that's the point. I never saw the guardian blaming capitalism for genocide or war or food poisoning or major issues that cause misery to humanity.

So the criticism is empty and imo it only serves to catch the eye of the people who politically sympathise with the general opinion of "oh no capitalists have gone off the rails with some stuff, let's keep them in check"

And this is what my original comment is about. Let's keep them in check when they fiddle with our football tickets, but we don't have to name names when the worst on earth is happening.

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