A Boring Dystopia

16384 readers

466 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

givesomefucks@lemmy.world

257

The U.S. government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt, equal to its spending on both defense and education combined (fortune.com)

submitted 4 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

42 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They do pay these debts. That's exactly what this article is pointing out. We are spending this money on debt rather than something beneficial to citizens. Yes, we print our own money but we still have to pay our debts.

[–] mrbutterscotch@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No it's the interest if the debt they are paying 88billion for. Not the debt itself. So the debt isn't actually being paid off.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 3 days ago

Treasuries have a limited lifetime, and then are repaid. They are expiring all the time, and they are being repaid.