• mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Just take care of people. We can afford to.

    Sure we can, but we won’t, because to certain people in power the cruelty is the purpose.

    I mean the book is spot on, but taking care of people is socialism and that’s a dirty word nowadays.

    Plus scared and disconnected people buy more stuff so we suffer for the sake of capitalism.

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It helps them to have an enemy to blame for… whatever. They move the target a lot, but the poor are in the worst position to fight back. And the powers that be don’t want a fair fight; they want to punch down and then brag about how right they were and that that’s why you should re-elect them. Because they’re sociopaths.