The opebo challenge

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This is a mind exercise in which one poster offers a topic and the next poster finds a way to explain it by relating/blaming it on capitalism, the owning class, etc. They then create a new subject for the next poster.

The person who replies also rates the previous poster's response out of 10, 10 being pure opebo goodness. I'll tally scores and the first to reach over 100 wins. Then I'll close the thread.

Be creative in seeing just how far you can go to tie them together. Bonus points for advising rebellion and use of guillotines.

To get things started: Why isn't prostitution legal?

----- SCOREBOARD ------
Ernest: 16 (8+1, 7)
BRTD: 9 (1+1, 7)
Tik: 14 (4+1, 3, 6)
HockeyDude: 7 (7)
Averroës: 6 (6)
a Person: 6.5 (6.5)
wormyguy: 5 (5)
IndyTexas: 5 (5)
Zanas: 4 (4)
JBrase: 4 (4)
DC Al Fine: 3 (3)
Sanchez: 2 (2)
cheesepizza: 2 (2)
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PLEASE RATE THE PREVIOUS POSTER'S ANSWER. Just the last one. Also remember that you don't need to speak like opebo himself (although it's fun and you might get a better score), you just need to tie the topic to the rich elite, capitalism, etc.

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Just a reminder to rate the previous posters response out of 10, because it makes it more fun and if you don't I'll be rather irritated and I'll send you personal messages full of angst.

Oh, opebo beat me to it. Good on you. Skip us both, of course. BRTD and wormyguy both responded to JBrase's question. Whoever is next can respond to either.

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I sent a PM earlier. I was itching to do my own, too. If he doesn't sometime tomorrow (later today in the US I believe) I'll post a topic.

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To tie off a few loose ends, I give IndyTexas a 5/10 (HockeyDude forgot to score, probably because it slipped his mind while he festered in endless toil). I found the connections made a little tenuous, although more or less opebo-esque.

To Ernest I give an 8/10. He took a difficult topic and managed to squeeze in why it continues the subjugation of the working class. He also seamlessly tied in a call for violent protest as well as his question.

Now there are two questions, and I will answer both of them. Because I'm greedy.

That does bring to mind the question of why some workers such as the aforementioned barristas are willing assistants in their own exploitation?

The barristas, ignorant poors that they are, have been brought up under the tutelage of an education system that seeks to further their own slavery by instilling in them the false hope of future prosperity. Toil longer, sweat more, and perhaps one day your band, your screenplay, or your mind will be discovered. Pampered into thinking they can one day become an owner, they have given up on finding better, secure work in the hopes of winning the capitalist lottery. Were they to discover this exploitation, surely boiling hot water would find its way into the laps of their betters.

How come the housekeeper always tells you to buy her more cleaning products and gets all specific about what kind and variety and whatnot and gets annoyed when you forget? Why doesn't she just charge more per hour and take into account the cost of bringing her own cleaning supplies with her?

Ah, the housekeeper. Back in my days of leisure our housekeeper was a snappy young thing, always bustling around the house patiently cleaning the commodes and hallways. My father had his eye on her, as did I. Even now I occassionally find a working girl with a duster that sends a quiver up my spine. But I digress...

Our housekeeper did not come with her own cleaning supplies, either, besides her hands. We probably didn't pay her enough to do so, and she had barely any means to transport them to and fro anyway. I suspect therein lies the problem: a meager wage for work that even the ruling class typically associates with browns especially; and browns should be happy with whatever stale crumbs fall from the table.
Feel free to grade me once for each. And if anyone else happens to find two unanswered questions, whatever, go for it. Too many things to remember I guess. Anyway, my question is this: Why don't we having accessible flying automobiles yet?

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I'm giving Zanas a 4 as, while it is quite bizarre, it did have some interesting ideas and managed to sort of tie to the theme of things. While making big leaps in logic to reach the point is commendable, having them sort of seem to have a basis in reality is always a plus.

Ernest I give an 7. Quite the enlightening little diatribe, that was. Perhaps I do not exercise my mind enough, as I had never thought of it in such a way. Well done. It would have been a little higher, though, had the subject matter been more difficult. That is to say, more ridiculous.

And to opebo I'd say (and I will) that even though this game is clearly in your honour, it isn't exactly supposed to be "post as though you are opebo" but, rather, tie everything to capitalism's failings, revolution, etc etc. Nevertheless, thanks for the compliment for my efforts. Anyway, to reply to Ernest:

Of course the internet can be used as tool for expanding the awareness of class consciousness. What are we doing here right now? Although the myface isn't exactly bursting at the seams with the debates of the intelligentsia, on the whole we exist in a unique timeframe where everyone can compare themselves to everyone else. And if they were more honest, they'd see their paltry earnings pale in comparison to their masters, and organise. Instead they obsess not with the vast canyon between themselves and the elite, but rather the ditch between themselves and their own neighbours. This is something that will change - must change - given enough time, and if the interwebs remain unshackled, as more and more realise their despair is not only preventable but easily fixable. God help us if the destitutes remain locked in to ogling over each others' golden bracelets and well manicured lawns for too long, however, as their own homes and cities fall down around them. Such is life in the Bad Place for the many at the moment. The elites are right to hoard their wealth in this day and age, as the shimmer of their bloody treasure surely beats the inevitable sheen of the falling blade.

Which reminds me, naturally: Why does it take so long for the smell of citrus to leave my hands after I've eaten an orange?

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Got a new query for us, there, sunshine?