• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    81 month ago

    US life expectancy not, and I do not believe has ever been, 90 years.

    Closer to 80, but even then that’s tilted by youth mortality and chronic health issues (and race and height and gender). But if you’re going strong after the age of 30, you’ve got much better odds of making it to 90 than an infant who hasn’t survived through some of the most dangerous years to be alive. If you’re old enough to be shitposting on 4chan, you’re probably doing well enough to at least think about making it that far.

    Anon mentions his freedoms, but neglects to mention he probably spends 50 or more hours a week either working, on break from work, getting ready, commuting. He cannot criticize his employer publicly. An arrest and a night or two in jail could throw him into poverty. Unless, of course, he is rich enough that he doesn’t need to work, in which case simply tossing his name around with he police can often get him out of any trouble.

    “Anon” is appropriate. It really is security through obscurity for a lot of Freedom Loving Americans. You’re not protected because you’ve got rights and freedoms. You’re protected because nobody considers your stupid shitposts to be worthy of their time. You’re non-threatening not free.

    As soon as police or management or some national security goon thinks you’re a clear and present danger, the game changes significantly.

    He has a lot of fancy toys at his disposal, but his life is still being consumed by the wealthy in power.

    One might even argue the toys he has were created to distract and alienate him from his peers and neighbors.