this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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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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[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

God i hope this isnt real.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 37 points 7 hours ago

Most capitalist headline you’ve seen so far

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 43 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Lives can be replaced. That's what women are for.

But what about CEO bonuses, huh? What about a lost quarter bonus because the company didn't earn enough? That quarter passed and the poor CEO skipped their bonus! That's simply evil!

/s just in case.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Reminds me how a couple months ago SCOTUS decided that federal government paying states for SNAP was irreparable harm, and people dying from hunger wasn't. It shows the logic underlying both fascism and capitalism quite clearly.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

poor CEO skipped their bonus

Oh I remember where this happened, I think it was in Absofuckinglutly nowhereville!

Company down this quarter? Fire the employees, bonus for the CEO!

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oddly Japan, the country with the most infamous work culture ever, seems to have a cultural tendency for company leaders to take pay cuts when times are tough.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I think honor and responsibility are pretty important in their culture too, so the CEOs probably feel like they actually need to take responsibility there as opposed to everywhere else where they feel entitled to more money simply because they exist.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Money is irreplaceable!

[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Humans are expensive assets. Human lives are costs to businesses. They are even doing capitalism wrong

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 points 7 hours ago

Mine was something like
"Stock market not down after capture of Venezuelan president as investors have learned to look past and price around Trump's policies"

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Smoking is good for you if you ignore the health costs!