circuitfarmer

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

100%, and that's why the people at the top want everyone on the edge of starvation.

But note: if they did starve, en masse, the system still fails.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

You mean Trump going down that escalator and noticing that there were people stupid enough to vote for him changed things? All of a sudden, Trump's skeletons in the closet meant more. He had no way forward if Epstein started talking.

It should have corrected itself with the file release, but Donnie already had too much power to force redactions.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

That'll show 'em.

Probably about as effective as asking Vance not to be a pedo-supporting Nazi piece of shit.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The fun part is that the power also sits with the people in capitalism. The whole system is based on consumers putting money back into the system. If it doesn't flow back up from the bottom, it eventually doesn't flow at all.

The annoying part is people going to work and producing for a machine that has broken the loop. Stop going to work. Stop consuming. It would change immediately, at scale.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Keep licking those boots, Jake! You always need a stupid to see the smart. A yin to the yang.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I love the sentiment, but I always shy away from this particular quote, simply because it is unsubstantiated:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mlk-capitalism-flow/

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a great point. I think overt polarization is a major issue, because it means other bad actors get really far with something as simple as "trump bad".

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Sticking with my original statement of "OK":

You were an OK governor. You'll never be president. Real change will never come from a career politician.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm literally not suggesting that anyone vote for him.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Yeah. My bar for "OK" is pretty low.

Actively standing against Trump probably gets him more credit than it should, but given the landscape, I'm sticking with it.

Perfection cannot be the enemy of progress.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Papers, Please

It's a fantastic single-player game if you need a distraction while the world is destroyed around you and your friends and family are murdered.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I agree. It may have a few years ago. The level of bullshittery for a nottheonion has inflated wildly.

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