• @RangerJosie
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    821 day ago

    It is a choice. An intentional policy choice. Made by our government on behalf of an oligarchy of parasitic oxygen thieves who should all be killed.

    But most of yall aren’t ready for that discussion.

    • @[email protected]
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      1021 hours ago

      Ooh. Me, me, me… I am.

      The government doesn’t work for you. You vote then in, sure, but they work for the lobbyists of large corporate interests.

      Any policy you want will only pass if the corporations want it to, or they don’t believe it will make a substantive difference in their ability to exploit your labor for profit, and take from you every dime, nickel, and dollar they can. They’ll only keep you happy enough to not revolt, and beyond that, you’re entirely fucked from all angles.

      • @[email protected]
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        -517 hours ago

        This is a .world comm, anything that doesn’t repeat CIA introduced facts is usually banned for misinformation, and anything that threatens or challenges the world is that US capitalism is the best thing for humanity is banned and suppressed.

        • @[email protected]
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          717 hours ago

          Lemmy servers aren’t that well separated from each other. Saying that stuff anywhere on Lemmy is preaching to the choir.

          • @[email protected]
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            -517 hours ago

            You’d think so, but . world’s TOS is a poison that tends to enshittify all its comms eventually. It’s also absolutely not preaching to the choir on e.g. world or news .world.

            • @[email protected]
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              616 hours ago

              I hear the same sentiment here daily. It’s a highly popular sentiment too.

              If .world is trying to silence it then they’re doing a piss poor job.

              • @[email protected]
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                012 hours ago

                Id love to leave it back there, except everyone on .world is celebrating the Tiktok ban because ‘those sneaky Chinese were stealing their data’. Half of .world believes China is a dictatorship with xi being a king. This level of propaganda didn’t end in the 1950s.

    • @PunnyName
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      151 day ago

      The government isn’t a monolith.

      Yes, there are oligarchs influencing policies that make a standard of living hell on earth.

      There are also great people within the government who are actively trying to improve the state of things.

      • The Quuuuuill
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        622 hours ago

        it’s all about possession of power. the good people working for the feds have to do their good work despite their bosses handing our value over to the greedy parasites

        • @[email protected]
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          114 hours ago

          No, it’s all about who possesses money. Corporations got $100 against every one of your puny worthless votes.

            • @[email protected]
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              112 hours ago

              Not necessarily. Power and money are often hand in hand, but power can exist without money.

              • The Quuuuuill
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                19 hours ago

                exactly. but money can’t exist without power. money only represents an accumulation of value stolen through violence