• nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org
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          27 days ago

          Sorry – no one can hear how right you are, over the simple glee of blaming the working class for getting so disenfranchised.

          Larceny this, mugging that… Can we talk about the greater reach of white collar crime a sec, r?

          • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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            27 days ago

            Ah, sadly, no. That story was cut from the broadcast because we found a story about a dog that rides a motorcycle in Sioux City.
            “Market research” by our corporate owners says that white collar crime doesn’t bring in the advertising dollars unless the victims are other wealthy people.

      • Kühlschrank@lemmy.world
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        27 days ago

        I said this a million times last year on the leftist threads to people crying about the lesser evil. I don’t wish any pain on their lives but I also don’t know how to get through their thick skulls how real life can get unless they experience it from time to time.

      • zbyte64@awful.systems
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        27 days ago

        That’s oligarchy apologetics bullshit to keep us from changing the system. No need to make things more democratic if we’re blaming the majority of people.

        • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          27 days ago

          That’s oligarchy apologetics bullshit to keep us from changing the system.

          Or, you know, I’m being realistic about how things work in the real world. Or do you think that letting the fascists win is going to change the system for the better?

          Whether or not you think its ‘oligarchy apologetics bullshit’, 2/3 of voting the population either explicitly or tacitly supported this shit. So yeah, I’m going to blame the majority for the outcome of a majority vote. Ignoring that fact is just going to make getting any meaningful change that much harder, and its hilarious to watch people justify their inaction in the face of the result of their choice.

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        27 days ago

        That’s the same number it’s been for 100 years. You’re never going to change that by pointing it out so what is the goal of this conversation?

        • Merva@sh.itjust.works
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          27 days ago

          That is the kind of aggressive apatheist mentality which got the US into this situation in the first place.