@return2ozma to News • 6 months agoConsumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist saysfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square198arrow-up1553arrow-down131cross-posted to: economicsaboringdystopia
arrow-up1522arrow-down1external-linkConsumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist saysfortune.com@return2ozma to News • 6 months agomessage-square198cross-posted to: economicsaboringdystopia
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•6 months agoYeah, I hate this American-centric idea of “Oh, only my country is experiencing this totally unique problem, I’ll just go somewhere else.” As if late-stage global capitalism would somehow be a problem that is unique to a single country.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-LemmygodlinkEnglish2•6 months agoThe fediverse is a lot more multinational than That Other Site, and I’m seeing the same sort of articles from all over the place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoYep. The theatre is closed. There is no place else to go. And by “theatre” we mean the theatre of conflict not the cinema. It is time to stand and fight.
Yeah, I hate this American-centric idea of “Oh, only my country is experiencing this totally unique problem, I’ll just go somewhere else.”
As if late-stage global capitalism would somehow be a problem that is unique to a single country.
The fediverse is a lot more multinational than That Other Site, and I’m seeing the same sort of articles from all over the place.
Yep.
And by “theatre” we mean the theatre of conflict not the cinema.
It is time to stand and fight.