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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago

Amongst each other, the billionaires are the biggest socialists of all. They are simply greedy and do not want to share their ill-gotten gains. "C'mon poors! Fight each other for my pleasure and profit!".

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (5 children)

And remember that they got rid of your third spaces so you couldn't discuss any of it (and made common affordable gathering options like concerts and sporting events out of reach for the same reason). Threw you into algorithms so you felt like you were only preaching to the choir or conversely that nobody held your same opinions/aspirations for something more - either way a formula for you to get exhausted and give up.

And you do feel exhausted.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 6 points 6 days ago

This really bothered me when I visited the USA (East coast). In retrospect I feel like I had the right to the highway, as long as I was driving. But no town square with a bench where I could just sit, no park where I could lean against a tree, no parcel of nature where I could just go for a walk. Cafés and restaurants were expensive and uncomfortable, clearly designed to push you out once the nominal transaction was complete. No wonder people eat in their car, alone.

I'm sure I missed a lot of good places during my visit, but I felt like the pattern was very quite obvious. Highway, Walmart, highway, Walmart, highway, Walmart. The forests aren't wild parts of nature, they're closed-off as-yet undeveloped land, awaiting their appointment with the axe. The town centers now have fewer options to linger than a classic mall. The suburbs are endless rows of freestanding houses, with no padding - no library, no shop, no playground, no outdoor gym, no football field. Maybe some pro-social resident set up a box for exchanging books between neighbors. That's it.

Not saying the rest of the world is perfect by any means. But in Sweden where I live, I feel like the I'm seeing positive changes over time, with new third spaces being added every year. In my town the city center is now car-free during summer time to make space for outdoor furniture, and the nearby cafés and bars thrive. They're adding grills for cooking to parks, making nature trails more accessible, and peppering the place with playgrounds and outdoor gyms. There's a long way to go to perfect but at least it's moving in the right direction.

algorithms that have devolved into echo chambers and amazon recommendations. yeah and anyone who creates is a third space is usually labelled an evil person or a conspiracy theorist and put on an FBI watch list. now they have, "an aging problem," at concerts, clubs and events because no one can afford them except for those in their late 40's early 60's, 2012 was the last affordable year for any of those things(, that's conservative it's more like 2014.) you're never preaching to the choir because there's a bunch of hive minds and if you're not adhering to them, you're the odd man out so having an opinion doesn't even fucking matter anymore.

just like this, this doesn't matter, right now what i am typing doesn't mean jack shit but at least you can put it out there. you can put your opinion and your voice out there. I guess that matters more than anything

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[–] YragNitram1956@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Old but still relavent.“But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education SUCKS, and it’s the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you’ve got. Because the owners, the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests. Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that! You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this fucking place! It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it! You, and I, are not in the big club. By the way, it’s the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think and what to buy. The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care! Good honest hard-working people; white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard-working people continue, these are people of modest means, continue to elect these rich cock suckers who don’t give a fuck about you….they don’t give a fuck about you… they don’t give a FUCK about you. They don’t care about you at all… at all… AT ALL. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream,because you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin

I got about 2 sentences into that and knew it was the honorable George Carlin.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

As much as possible just stop participating in capitalism.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

Of course, when things start to go sideways, they are the first to scream for government assistance. The very definition of socialism.

It worked, people are so dumb

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

We should invest in whatever they hate the most. Obviously they don't hate hurting others or being selfish, so whatever they hate probably doesn't have those things and are safe for us.

[–] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ultimately, maga’s unhealthiness is they refuse to adapt to reality, whether that’s climate science, economic data, or global best practices. Their policies actively make life worse for most Americans while enriching a tiny elite. The tragedy is that many of their own voters would benefit from the very systems they oppose, but corporate propaganda, tribalism and proudly choose to stay in dualism, keep them voting against their own interests repeatedly. Until that changes, the US will continue to lag behind nations that prioritize people over profits. Real truth sets us free!

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The billionaire class aren't "MAGA" (they manipulate MAGA and Greens for that matter)

This tiny elite that makes life worst for most Americans is Democrat and Republican (and UK royal family, etc.)

Real truth does set us free! It ain't "MAGA", they're as powerless as you are; it's "EPSTEIN FILES".

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

also co-opting anti-vaxxing too.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

wasted effort

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