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[–] harpuajim@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We pirate because we're selfish but use every excuse in the book to convince ourselves otherwise...

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If we were selfish, we wouldn't be sharing our files in the first place, and the system would fall apart.

It's the fact that we aren't selfish that filesharing works at all.

[–] harpuajim@lemmy.ml -3 points 10 months ago

More mental gymnastics

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -4 points 10 months ago

LOL you're just so kind, sharing your stolen media. Practically a saint, ain't ya?