moneycantbuy

Hopefully the electorate has patience and continues this turnout in 2028 and beyond. It's time to start flipping tables.

Yeah money in politics is most of it. It will be difficult to persuade the oligarchy that one dollar shouldn't equal one vote, but if we continue on this current trajectory they'll inevitably destroy society and the environment to such an extent that groceries won't be able to make it to their New Zealand luxury bunkers.

Kind of hilarious to see the downvotes without comment. Guess you got your nvidia stock early. Everything is fine!

It's because they're rational. The American dream is dead, and the Canadian one is too. You can work your entire life with nothing to show for it. Never escaping a landlord. No time or money or third places to have a life. Women don't want children in this environment. The worst people are leading and in control of society. The insatiable greed of billionaires ruined whatever was good about the social compact. Families torn apart by the lies shown to them by Zuckerberg and co. No time for friends. Can't even build a PC because Sam Altman bought all of the compute.

How about holding the AI companies criminally responsible for the crimes they commit?

Ironic because the government office obviously used a chatbot to write the article.

Signed into law yesterday

Is this related to SB-1119 Companion chatbots: children’s safety?

I would be open to having kids if society were better. But as it is reproducing is too risky. Cost of living is already super expensive, no community support, friends' kids are mediocre at best and often disabled. Divorces are more financially devastating. Plus the whole fascism in the USA thing and staring at a screen their whole lives as the environment gets destroyed. Plus my girlfriend doesn't want them and I'm old. Maybe on another planet. Hence the idiocracy.

Let's do it.

What policies to propose?

unionize

no to work for someone else forever

so the trump mafia can corruptly profit from them?

Does slavery slow cognitive decline? Capitalist propaganda says being a wagie is good for us. That being said people are so indoctrinated that they have no idea what to do without an employer. pretty fucked up society and culture we now find ourselves in.

yeah it seems winning the lottery is now our best chance for survival.

it's not about fame and voting, it's about the fact that the oligarchic owners of the technology we rely on are actively destroying what's left of our democracy and society generally.

who's flagging every article about Sergey's endless greed? why not comment instead if you're for it?

He would have only $259,000,000,000 after the 5% tax.

endless greed is remarkable. guys with $200B can't afford to pay taxes to the state that allowed them to gain such excessive wealth in the first place, often via government subsidy. this cancerous version of capitalism can't end quickly enough.

Hostility to labor has been accelerating throughout my 25 years in the workforce. Graduated into dotcom bust then global financial crisis then another massive transfer of wealth to the already ultra-wealthy in response to covid. If you don't already have yours good luck getting it.

Not entirely, the problems are also that wages haven't kept up with inflation; $9,000 salary in 1970 would be $75,000 today, and the automakers realized they make more profit in financing than on the vehicle itself, optimizing the maximum they can squeeze someone who needs a vehicle, hence 96 months for an auto loan.

somehow need to remove money from politics.

also need a more informed citizenry able to see through propaganda.

resist

we really need better leadership

Electricity seems as expensive as gasoline in California, especially considering the cost of installing a charger. Also relying on fascist elon's network is a no go.

our culture is ill