A Boring Dystopia

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The world we live in isn't just dystopic, it isn't just stupid, trying to describe all the ways it sucks just makes for a really boring story.

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Bill Maher: "When you’re 30 years old and still have roommates, yes, capitalism has failed" (rudevulture.com)

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maher pointed to the paradox of contemporary economic life: millions of people attending expensive concerts and seemingly living comfortable lifestyles, while others struggle

The top 10% of US consumers are doing almost 50% of the consumer spending lol. The economy is an upside down house of cards

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

We shovel their piles of money around and are forced to live off whatever scraps spill out