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(DIR) Post #AbWsei9MdwHoxHmE6a by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T12:13:40Z
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At the end of the day, COVID-19 made people realize:- They could work from home and that most offices are shitty places.- Their job was really shitty.- Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.- Global warming could be stopped.- The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).- Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.
(DIR) Post #AbWuG2bzd6A95KX2fo by matsuzine@hachyderm.io
2023-11-06T12:31:34Z
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@ParadeGrotesque And that many governments are wholly unprepared to face a real crisis.
(DIR) Post #AbWuSdWKEKgZ1ut2lk by powerbook5300@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T12:33:40Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Unfortunately, it seems a lot of people have forgotten and went back to status quo...
(DIR) Post #AbWuYJDMdifdn2is5I by IPEdmonton@mstdn.ca
2023-11-06T12:34:52Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @dialect I certainly know bunches of people who learned those things. I don’t think most people learned much of anything, though.
(DIR) Post #AbWuroITIg7fgzPWOe by tabernac@c.im
2023-11-06T12:38:25Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Oh yeah...we have more than enough money to fix everything.But we don't have the will.We're doomed.
(DIR) Post #AbWw7J8L2641d0cmCe by steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org
2023-11-06T12:51:58Z
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@ParadeGrotesque I think I disagree with this...- government can finance whatever short term project they want. Don't think you can just spend indefinitely. But there's certainly a few one-off projects that they could fund to make a big impact on climate change.- the people doing the "important jobs" are still getting the shaft, and the grifters are still getting rich, so I guess no one cares?
(DIR) Post #AbWyDUVnqBTqZ0fyoS by mike@sauropods.win
2023-11-06T13:15:44Z
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@ParadeGrotesque It may have made people *realise* these things, but we don't seem to have *learned* any of them._sigh_
(DIR) Post #AbWyIaA6GHsjXCx6rA by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T13:16:49Z
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@steve See some of my previous posts: politicians can finance pretty much anything they want, as long as they are willing to tax the wealthiest.Since they are now in the pocket of the wealthiest, they won't tax the hand that feeds them.Also, people may have realized that nurses, janitors, delivery people, etc... Are the ones holding society together and doing real work. But politicians are still unwilling to tax the rich, hence nothing has changed.
(DIR) Post #AbWzXsUKVVO0fdGvgW by 100iq_ch@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T13:30:48Z
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@ParadeGrotesque last but mist important:Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.And thats only possible because we sheeps are electing them. 🐑
(DIR) Post #AbX0FrLm6DsXsnF6S8 by lin11c@toad.social
2023-11-06T13:38:28Z
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@ParadeGrotesque We realized that all the hedge fund owners and money managers are completely unnecessary. They only funnel money to the rich. We realized that the rich are willing to let us all die to make lots more money. They prolonged the pandemic so the could make a “killing”. What was it? A trillion? We realized the air could smell fresher than we ever knew. I live in a big city. https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity
(DIR) Post #AbX4RaLBZ8WoQ7oVgu by killick@dmv.community
2023-11-06T14:25:05Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Not enough people realized these things, but many did.
(DIR) Post #AbX4WjnDqlV1BSNuBE by maggiemaybe@hear-me.social
2023-11-06T14:26:33Z
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@ParadeGrotesque it also showed a lot of women that their husbands don’t actually like them, and that they are actively choosing not to participate with the family. Take away all that extra “busy stuff” that kept them away from home, and they lost their minds.They realized that it’s not that he doesn’t have time, it’s that he doesn’t want to so he won’t.
(DIR) Post #AbX4z0Yz5kiDIwCmrg by Jennifer@bookstodon.com
2023-11-06T14:31:41Z
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@ParadeGrotesque yet our leaders still seem to have learned nothing. In the early days of the pandemic I figured the covid experience would prepare us for the next pandemic, but I think in some ways we're worse off now than in 2019.
(DIR) Post #AbX5NoOBUZvSmoysYi by jack@status.sexyferret.science
2023-11-06T14:24:26.566688Z
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@ParadeGrotesque who? Delusional nonsense.
(DIR) Post #AbX5NpXRDevELoJmca by jack@status.sexyferret.science
2023-11-06T14:24:46.814405Z
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@ParadeGrotesque stupid fucker
(DIR) Post #AbX5NqFOaE5GY8st8a by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T14:36:06Z
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@jack Whoa, your mommy must be so proud of you: you actually managed to put two words together that kinda make sense!AND these words are more than 4 letters long! So good of you to partake of such amazing insight!Guess who this stupid fucker is actually fucking?That's right! YOUR MOM!Now why don't you go and buy a brain with that pocket money? Hmmmm?
(DIR) Post #AbX5UhZdEJnZfycYBU by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T14:37:27Z
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@maggiemaybe Absolutely true as well.
(DIR) Post #AbX5mQJg8B2nMkbpOi by jack@status.sexyferret.science
2023-11-06T14:38:01.621912Z
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@ParadeGrotesque what a brilliant way to prove you’re exactly the loser i was thinking you are. Eat shit cointel pro for free cunt.
(DIR) Post #AbX5mV0ig5qjvOmG2a by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-11-06T14:40:11Z
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@jack Goodbye little troll. I won't miss you.
(DIR) Post #AbX5mVmDpTqaIj0C5A by jack@status.sexyferret.science
2023-11-06T14:38:32.437725Z
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@ParadeGrotesque you’re an embarrassment to shills
(DIR) Post #AbX6q1423o4K9xZG9Q by rmblaber1956@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T14:52:20Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Global warming CAN be stopped - if it ISN'T stopped, that will be because the governments run by idiots in the pockets of the wealthy (especially the wealthy with shares in the fossil fuel industry) are FAR more concerned with THEIR interests than those of the rest of us!
(DIR) Post #AbXBKsLWvFt1upirEu by darwinwoodka@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T15:42:46Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - most governments don't give a shit about actually keeping people healthy and safe
(DIR) Post #AbXEo7sEZQPcKkeuSu by Missrdevine@mstdn.social
2023-11-06T16:21:50Z
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@ParadeGrotesque the UK North South divide was fully laid bare for all to see and still nothing has been done about it.
(DIR) Post #AbXGgIfAlurRO6wgdM by CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T16:42:48Z
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@ParadeGrotesque "At the end of the day, COVID-19 made people realize:- They could work from home and that most offices are shitty places.- Their job was really shitty.- Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.- Global warming could be stopped.- The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).- Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest."☝️THIS! 💯% THIS!
(DIR) Post #AbXGpN31q3sFaqQfqK by scentedmeat@norcal.social
2023-11-06T16:44:30Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @courtcan 💯💯💯
(DIR) Post #AbXI7qwVWrd1TdkvSq by foolishowl@social.coop
2023-11-06T16:58:52Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Then there was that whole BLM thing, where people were reminded that police control the governments of all major US cities, and liberals mumbled until they could go back to increasing funding for police.One of the things people leave out of a lot of political analysis, for the US or for a lot of places, is that most people don't willingly support governments; they feel helpless and afraid in the face of them.Because states are based on violence and threats of violence.
(DIR) Post #AbXIbQCVWGYzE4L5O4 by Rhube@wandering.shop
2023-11-06T17:04:20Z
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@ParadeGrotesque what I hate is how little difference it made. Because the people in power have put all of it against resisting change.
(DIR) Post #AbXM5wE5JW8B6KJtZ2 by MichaelPorter@ottawa.place
2023-11-06T17:43:12Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @tantramar Nothing like challenging times to reveal how competent/incompetent your government is.
(DIR) Post #AbXMkB1FjVLsZ2VNSK by xurxo@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T17:50:08Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Also that the people that charged from people doing hours at some random office and said that we could bot work from home, found a way to remote work as soon as they needed it
(DIR) Post #AbXMoMIviWNwirleT2 by Megawatt@infosec.exchange
2023-11-06T17:51:15Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - There are lots of gullible (or just stupid) people* out there that have pushed their own bullshit version of “facts” on others. And other gullible (or just stupid) people believed them. More people died because of this. * Ant-vaxxers, 5G freaks, right-wing nut-jobs, red hat wearing morons, etc.
(DIR) Post #AbXOnB2aJF0hPLgciW by CloudyMrs@mastodon.scot
2023-11-06T18:13:43Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Then the people who most people now realise are idiots, clapped their hands and told us we are all lazy slackers because we can't forget everything we learned in 2020.
(DIR) Post #AbXSd8jaQgNlAwGmTQ by dhuyvetter@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T18:49:34Z
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@ParadeGrotesque And knowing all this still "the world" wanted to "get back to normal" (so shitty, soul, life, earth destroying capitalism) as soon as possible.
(DIR) Post #AbXU38HuoM6jH5HipE by MichaelLondonSF@mas.to
2023-11-06T19:12:35Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Yes. So you would find a lot of agreement and positive ideas in the community-sourced Recovery Plan for LondonJustSpace.org.uk/recovery
(DIR) Post #AbXVzSEeuA6VtH8SSO by failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
2023-11-06T19:34:16Z
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@ParadeGrotesque what evidence do you have that "people"didn't know their jobs were shittythat offices are dislikedhttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/30/about-a-third-of-us-workers-who-can-work-from-home-do-so-all-the-time/
(DIR) Post #AbXW1W7fQIZCWeqgKW by failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
2023-11-06T19:34:45Z
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@ParadeGrotesque It is just nonsense to say that "people" realized that global warming could be stopped
(DIR) Post #AbXb4TSSHp7Otunl2m by GabeMoralesVR@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-11-06T20:31:10Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Also, that 30% of your extended family are nutjob antivax weirdos
(DIR) Post #AbXgKijrjwZghJVltQ by SJohnRoss@dice.camp
2023-11-06T21:30:15Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - That if they really wanted to, they could just laugh and forget that ever realized any of these things. Whew! Close one!
(DIR) Post #AbXkE1OuMANIMllmpk by BeingOfErrth@kolektiva.social
2023-11-06T22:13:52Z
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@ParadeGrotesque my reply is not directed at you.The ongoing pandemic has also made people realise that:All those with power and wealth don't work for us and certainly don't care about us. We exist only as expendable units of extraction.The entire mainstream media lies to us all all the time and will always follow the line of the rich and powerful against our interest.That despite a global pandemic they had to go to work or they would starve. Going "back to normal" wasn't a choice, it was a demand from the rich and powerful.People are not stupid, they just feel powerless. They are made to feel powerless through media, politics and the police, in order to ramp up the powerlessness still further politics have made protest a highly risky endeavour where violence and prison time are a strong possibility. These policies are legalised by all politicians, are sold by the media and policed with relish.We need to stop looking down our noses at people who are just trying to survive and provide for their loved ones under an extremely oppressive system where hunger and homelessness are rising exactly as fast as the oligarchy's tax haven accounts. People are doing what they are told is safe. They are not to blame for being lied to or lacking the tools to know they are lied to. This stuff is highly technical and complex. Most don't have time or energy for extended personal education projects. They have to trust what they are told. Again, that lack of knowledge is a policy choice by all political parties.We need to stop blaming those who are struggling for the fact they are struggling.We need to empower each other at every level so we can fight back and take back all that has been taken from us by politicians of all stripes, enforced by the police and marketed by msm as good for us.Leaders do not work for us.
(DIR) Post #AbXmtiqluvhSu4ob0y by kinyutaka@mstdn.social
2023-11-06T22:43:28Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Also, half the world would let the world burn just to get at the people they don't like.
(DIR) Post #AbXwKP9GAvbXCoGDaq by McsaMatt@infosec.exchange
2023-11-07T00:29:29Z
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@ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AbXwMW5ZLFURJIXcWm by kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-11-07T00:29:00Z
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@ParadeGrotesque PRECISELY!
(DIR) Post #AbYWIBNS0AJGGY8c4G by piensaimnieks@toot.lv
2023-11-07T07:12:28Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Lūk! Un vēl, ka krīzes laikā var pieņemt riktīgi trakus lēmumus :DLike atceraties, mums bija fucking nakts curfew pret infekcijas slimību :D
(DIR) Post #AbYWXWkMpehyt1AqJs by WindOfChange@mastodon.online
2023-11-07T07:15:16Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Add to this:- Most people are idiots.
(DIR) Post #AbYXlI788Kn9VmwqPI by maxtappenden@mastodon.social
2023-11-07T07:28:58Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @stevegrunwell Uh huh. But a lot of this is wrong.Governments *can’t* fund anything they want. This is the single worst takeaway a lot of people have. It completely ignores the turmoil governments around the world are in as a result of Covid spending.
(DIR) Post #AbYb7AXJHtYcF8JjW4 by sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online
2023-11-07T08:06:31Z
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@ParadeGrotesque People forget really quickly under the influence of propaganda. It's so successful, I wish it wasn't almost always used for evil (perhaps those with ethics find the methods of propaganda too repugnant?).
(DIR) Post #AbYc7CIkpB8jfj5Pmq by infosecdj@infosec.exchange
2023-11-07T08:17:44Z
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@ParadeGrotesque "they are now in the pocket of the wealthiest" -- pray tell me when that /wasn't/ the case 😂
(DIR) Post #AbYfv9MoJDgEucUici by jbond@mastodon.social
2023-11-07T09:00:22Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - That disasters are golden opportunities for disaster capitalism and corruption. - That there's a misinformation industry, pumped up by a large part of the mainstream media, that sells lies.
(DIR) Post #AbZ0UbRHvY1fCAltNg by amberage@eldritch.cafe
2023-11-07T12:50:50Z
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@ParadeGrotesque and those realisations are so dangerous that they're doing everything they can to pretend COVID is over
(DIR) Post #AbZIVF2EVcQXAtVS8e by tinbee@mastodonapp.uk
2023-11-07T16:12:41Z
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@ParadeGrotesque…and then everyone forgot all that and went back to how things used to be. Mostly because the government likes you spending money and managers like to keep their eye on you 👁️
(DIR) Post #AbZMi74boydS3z0jM8 by Jeanpaul@glasgow.social
2023-11-07T16:59:50Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Just the first two really....they're yet to notice the last:- Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.- Global warming could be stopped.- The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).- Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.
(DIR) Post #AbZl1no1Z4lazvAtrk by roland@muenchen.social
2023-11-07T21:32:19Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - Cycing is fun.
(DIR) Post #AbZr9POcnp83KmIwtM by abartlet@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-11-07T22:40:53Z
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@ParadeGrotesque - What a Labour government in NZ could achieve when cut off from its focus groups.
(DIR) Post #AbZxy6oIGQP0BUrzqS by housepanther@masto.goblackcat.net
2023-11-07T23:57:15Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Very true! Also people learned that they don't have to put up with a shitty situation. We can fight back!
(DIR) Post #AbaTViWABbL7GetZ1k by carl@chaos.social
2023-11-08T05:50:44Z
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@ParadeGrotesque This has historic parallels. The whole renaissance thing in Europe was triggered by the plague.
(DIR) Post #Abb8g83SBvktUAY9su by AmericanScream@mastodon.social
2023-11-08T13:31:56Z
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@ParadeGrotesque One of reasons governments are "run by idiots" is because most people don't get politically involved. The government is only as good as those who want to participate.
(DIR) Post #AbdwQl8aUz8Y5cjgZ6 by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-11-09T21:58:30.239015Z
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@ParadeGrotesque > - Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.money has no value yeahhh!!!
(DIR) Post #Abdyhndme3cegUa4A4 by youronlyone@c.im
2023-11-09T22:24:23Z
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@ParadeGrotesque 🤣🤣 That last item. Imagine this particular country, during the 2020 and 2021 lockdowns, the ones heading the "task force" are 9 out of 10 from the Army and National Police. The remaining sit, the National health, was practically there just to support them, so their draconic decisions are justified.They even started a propaganda that the people are disobedient. Then Google, a UK group, and I think even Apple, released a study of their location tracking of mobile gadgets and has proven the government claims 100% wrong that the people are disobedient.This government did not stop the propaganda until 4 months after the figures were released and they were proven wrong. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Yep, that happened. Believe it or not, it was not in China, it was from a "democratic" country.
(DIR) Post #AbgC2gJmkjEZm8QyZc by jonahbk@mstdn.science
2023-11-11T00:03:13Z
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@ParadeGrotesque all true - that is why the corporation-state has made such a big effort to suppress this and force back-to-office protocols
(DIR) Post #AbjrPLIST8U12MTMTg by jlperuyero@masto.nobigtech.es
2023-11-12T18:30:43Z
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@ParadeGrotesqueAnother world is possible and the most forbidden thing on earth is to think about this. And I mean to think about details, methods, models to test them, and actual experiences in the real world.
(DIR) Post #Abk4PincNyYvKiYgam by chozorho@ioc.exchange
2023-11-12T20:56:38Z
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@ParadeGrotesque: I agree with everything except the first two points.
(DIR) Post #AbkztmCQ0IV9x8d9DE by farooqkz@blackrock.city
2023-11-13T07:40:45Z
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@ParadeGrotesque I tend to work from office and home is not good for me.
(DIR) Post #AchV5FXl2rpXvZ4zM8 by RobertoArchimboldi@kolektiva.social
2023-12-11T13:03:26Z
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@ParadeGrotesque except for the relative clause in your last point, this is spot. Governments are not in the pocket of the wealthy. They are the wealthy. We have a system run by and for the interests of capital. There isn't a pure Democratic system that has been corrupted by Elon Musk, George Soros or Goldman Sachs (pick your poison depending on your level of antisemitism). We have a ruling class who are committed to furthering their own interests. Some of them run industry, some run media, some run banks and some run government. They are not a homogeneous group. They are however united in maintaining a status quo whereby capital ownership brings power and wealth. Those without are expendable and screwed
(DIR) Post #AcuOj22RcGFuUTFdLs by enmodo@mastodon.social
2023-12-17T18:23:25Z
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@ParadeGrotesque and big pharma loves a good epidemic, it's great for profit.
(DIR) Post #AcuOs0EjgUS9VbHIhc by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-12-17T18:25:04Z
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@enmodo Only in countries where big companies where government are in their pockets. *cough* *cough* most of them *cough*