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Comment Because Trump threatened them (Score 0) 38

I mean not Trump himself that man has no idea where he is or what he is or who he is but the actual heritage foundation goons that run our country now.

The thing where we all pretend we can be experts without having to study or learn things is going to doom entire species. You can't give up on reality in a world full of modern military weapons and nuclear bombs. Not for very long anyway.

Maybe the next covid really will be a boomer remover. For years the Democrats counted on a demographic shift that never came because nobody accounted for the birth rate crash. We have too many old people who are completely disconnected from the economy and reality.

People who have been protected by socialism and have no idea they were.

Comment Because entry level jobs go first (Score 1) 23

And because we are too dumb to realize that we can be replaced by somebody half our age for 1/3 to pay and our boss will deal with the loss of productivity in exchange for the savings on labor.

Especially if you're an older American you had American exceptionalism drilled into your skull and so you think you're a precious little snowflake that can't possibly be replaced. Heck you don't even think that you feel it on a base level.

You also really really really hate having that pointed out so, well I mean what good is karma if you don't spend it?

Comment Billionaires don't need an economy (Score 1) 23

They own everything. Just like how the king owned everything.

The king needed a handful of thugs to keep the peasants in line and that's it.

The king occasionally needed to raise an army but these days would modern military weapons you don't really need to do that. And that's before we talk about autonomous drones.

People do not understand what's happening because it's so far outside the realm of day-to-day living for anyone that works. We are going back to feudalism but with enough technology that we will never escape it again. Techno feudalism.

Comment Did the king need customers? (Score 1) 42

Because if not what makes you think the 2,000 billionaires setting themselves up to control all of the wealth on Earth need you to buy Pop-Tarts from them?

The problem here is you're still thinking and acting as if the system is put in place to protect your interests still exist. They were systematically dismantled over the last 65 some odd years.

Comment Zuckerberg spent something like 50 billion (Score 1) 42

On that metaverse nonsense to create a less impressive version of second life.

The thing you don't get is that the ruling class can divert unlimited resources without the need for profit now. They are completely insulated from and untouched by capitalism and meritocracy.

So they don't need a profit because they are above all that. If something is useful to them personally it gets done regardless of whether or not it's a useful product for literally any of the other 8 billion people on this planet.

We brought back Kings and we don't like to talk about it.

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