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Both progresssivism and conservatism as we understand those terms today arose from boomers/Xers, for who material prosperity pretty much was a given. Was. Past tense.

@mactonite @NEETzsche
Not soil... The supermarket shelf.

What a great limitless invention :blobcathairflip:

@LukeAlmighty @NEETzsche the system is designed around textbook scams that are bound to fail from the beginning. they appear good early but create crises later. the scammers are politicians with limited terms and no accountability as bureaucracies are independent. because they're mandatory and have no opt out they create dependence. societal time preference for the moment increases and the economy becomes extractative, liberties are eroded.

@NEETzsche
Thanks, your elegant and sharp takes never fail to put a perspective to my random thoughts.

@NEETzsche
The printer is one thing, but:
Stock market is a pyramid. Retirement funds are a pyramid. ESG is a pyramid supporting a pyramid. Most small businesses are a small pyramids, and most tech startups are industrial scale pyramids.

So, it seems, that modern industries are 10% about production, and 90% about just promising a return on pyramids.

The economy is nothing but pyramid schemes all the way to the top, isn't it?

@matrix Well, he said, that none of the predictions came true, in that video.

That single claim is what triggered me so much. It's a retarded claim, that trivializes the whole situation.

@matrix
There is also a big difference between 2 weeks and 2 years.

The power grab was real. Yes, we can absolutely debate about the "true motivation", but to say that nothing happened is just wrong.

Me being depressed for having a meaningless life :ablobsadrain:

Me realizing, that I get to witness a societal experiment so retarded, that for millenia to come, noone will be able to even imagine this kind of existence :Asuka_Heart:

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