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It is a choice. An intentional policy choice. Made by our government on behalf of an oligarchy of parasitic oxygen thieves who should all be killed.
But most of yall aren't ready for that discussion.
Ooh. Me, me, me.... I am.
The government doesn't work for you. You vote then in, sure, but they work for the lobbyists of large corporate interests.
Any policy you want will only pass if the corporations want it to, or they don't believe it will make a substantive difference in their ability to exploit your labor for profit, and take from you every dime, nickel, and dollar they can. They'll only keep you happy enough to not revolt, and beyond that, you're entirely fucked from all angles.
Absolutely
The government isn't a monolith.
Yes, there are oligarchs influencing policies that make a standard of living hell on earth.
There are also great people within the government who are actively trying to improve the state of things.
it's all about possession of power. the good people working for the feds have to do their good work despite their bosses handing our value over to the greedy parasites
No, it’s all about who possesses money. Corporations got $100 against every one of your puny worthless votes.
money is the measurable possession of power
Not necessarily. Power and money are often hand in hand, but power can exist without money.
exactly. but money can't exist without power. money only represents an accumulation of value stolen through violence
Do you know where you are
This is a .world comm, anything that doesn't repeat CIA introduced facts is usually banned for misinformation, and anything that threatens or challenges the world is that US capitalism is the best thing for humanity is banned and suppressed.
Lemmy servers aren't that well separated from each other. Saying that stuff anywhere on Lemmy is preaching to the choir.
You'd think so, but . world's TOS is a poison that tends to enshittify all its comms eventually. It's also absolutely not preaching to the choir on e.g. world or news .world.
I hear the same sentiment here daily. It's a highly popular sentiment too.
If .world is trying to silence it then they're doing a piss poor job.
1950 called, they want their manufactured east/west divide back.
Id love to leave it back there, except everyone on .world is celebrating the Tiktok ban because 'those sneaky Chinese were stealing their data'. Half of .world believes China is a dictatorship with xi being a king. This level of propaganda didn't end in the 1950s.