Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape
I like video games and politics. Communist. Chaotic good.
- Turns out, not only can they force a vote when they really want to, but this is actually a great way to get Dems on the record in terms of whether they support an overtly fascist agenda. The insiders are pissed because the fence sitting centrists want to play both sides.
- The idea that people shouldn't be wearing masks when measles, bird flu, and COVID are spreading unchecked is absolute lunacy. If you want to get sick, permanently damage your body, and die before your time, go ahead, but the rest of us shouldn't have to pay for your stupidity and selfishness.
- At some point in the last 25 years, corporations managed to convince people that it was worthwhile to trade control over our own information and actual ownership of the things we purchase for convenience. Things that used to be "normal" are now seen as "luxury goods" that demand a premium.
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View full threadAs the material becomes increasingly unattainable, we escape into the digital. Can't afford a $25 4K blu-ray? Pay $9 for a license to stream it instead. $40 for a physical copy of a new indie game too expensive? Get it on Steam for $5 instead. Playing Magic costs too much? Well, go F2P on Arena.
- The problem is that in becoming fully reliant on the existence of these platforms that are owned and controlled by corporations, we are subject to their whims. They can pull a movie or a delist game at any time. They can revoke your license. They can ban your account. You are powerless against them.
- So much of this is coupled with the stagnancy of wages and the decline of living standards since the 70s. As housing has become increasingly unaffordable and tiny, people have less room for the stuff they own. They can't afford $30 vinyl records, so they'll just use Spotify instead.
- Dems are the party that convinced liberals that they shouldn't care about holding Bush accountable for war crimes after 8 years of rightly calling out his abuses, which resulted in the deaths of more than a million people. They exist to contain the left and to give liberals permission to be immoral.
