Zorque @ Zorque @kbin.social

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That's entirely the point. Instead of small problems that are consistent and easy to ignore, it was a singular event that's much easier to focus on. That's why so many politicians used it as an opportunity to consolidate power and enact draconian legal protections.

9/11 wasn't just "bad thing happen" it was "big bad to distract from small bad".

Because Economy is a code-word for assets of the capital class.

Oddly enough you can do things with other people even if you're not necessarily the same as those people.

Organizing a boycott of one is just not eating there.

The customer always served the corporation, they just used to hide it better.

Well as soon as I can get a fission reactor in my house I'll give up on energy independence then.

Blaming Trump for them being something they've always been minimizes their contribution to the enshitification of the country.

Someone hasn't seen the Robin Hood episode of TNG...

What is with peoples insistence that we only ever use one kind of power generation?

Wind, solar, fusion, fission, hydro, they all have their uses. Why limit yourself like some kind of console fanboy?

Democracy is slow. It takes time, and more importantly coordination, to work properly. It's only dead if you decide to stop showing up to vote, if you stop sharing your views, if you decide thought and discussion aren't worth it anymore.

Deflation is only bad because companies hold their employees (and customers) hostage to their profit ideal.

The main thing that's always touted as the main bad thing about deflation is that people are less inclined to spend money.

I don't know about you, but most of my money goes to essentials that I'm not going to just stop paying for. The only people that are going to stop spending money are the precious few with large disposable incomes.

We had that, Mario 3, and Marble Madness. I never got more than a few levels into any of them.

Trump is in no way a leader for the people who actually run things in the GoP. He's just a convenient scapegoat and distraction. A tool to be used to further their own agendas without getting their hands as dirty.

They're not following Trump for shit. Trump is a symptom, not a cause. They were bought and sold long before he "won" the 2016 election.

Yes? If we attribute to Biden what is not a matter of Biden's actions, we ignore the true source.

Personally I prefer to know how things work and not just trust in higher authorities to just instinctively do what's best for me.

If it keeps making them money, why wouldn't they?

Whether or not we dislike the decisions doesn't really factor in.

Can you agree that, even if it's not a genocide, that the deaths of so many civilians and the utter destruction of the infrastructure of Gaza is not just unwarranted, but immoral and unethical? That the actions of Israel are not in any way defensible?

Or is that just "hamas propaganda"?

Plenty of American Jews have stated they support Palestine. Didn't one of the founding members of AIPAC even state that what Isreal was doing kind of sketch?

Seems less American Jews and more Israeli lobbying.

Is he moving it, or are the American people doing it and he's just following a trend?

They're probably referencing someone else's words. Journalism generally requires sources otherwise you risk libel.

Generally if you see quotes in journalism, it's not the sarcastic use you often see on social media. It's more of a legal safeguard.

How many exceptions does it have for rich people, like their plane taxes?