Its hard to ignore that the hunger and poverty seems to be a direct result of (or at best enabled by) totalitarian thirsty companies receiving large government contracts and their shareholders who run governments.
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vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
YK, guys. Maybe it’s not a bubble. Just people prefer the future of hunger and poverty to the future of random unaccountable murders and totalitarianism plus hunger and poverty.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Plus the more hunger and poverty, the harder it becomes to stave off the totalitarian and their army of subservient thugs The people who see where the wind is blowing and choose to join the side of whoever is going to win the people who can say “wow this sucks, glad it’s not me” all of them close parents of the “fuck yous I got mine”, the “non-boat rockers” and all manners of ladder pullers
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Evidently not, given the rise of PLTR … They are just fine with the unaccountable murders and totalitarianism, so we all get to be, too.
3abas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Americans not giving a shit about the people they pay taxes to starve and slaughter will come back to bite them. The chicken is coming home to roost, and it’s bringing back all the “battle tested” civilian oppression technologies. IDF already trains your police, you haven’t even begun to see what a police state looks like.
Have you seen Flock cameras in your state yet? Has your sheriff put out an official statement to assure you it’s for your safety? Have the rich neighborhood around you started installing them at their entrance willingly?
This company is deploying a network of AI cameras that cover every intersection to record and tracks your every move in a database they expose to the police, for your safety of course.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
This is, I think, true. Would be pretty traditional for empires, to test everything new in colonies first, then bring it back. From weapons to beer to laws.
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
There’s no putting the toothpaste back in the tube. Kinda just bucking up and wondering what the new normal will look like, but the feeling of hopelessness is increasingly pervasive.