ThrowawayOnLemmy

most or a great majority of people in the US have it “good enough” to not “risk it all”.

Most of the people I know are barely hanging on and desperate to keep the little they have. When you’re barely getting by, like 60% of Americans currently living paycheck to paycheck, you can’t afford to risk anything.

They’re too busy making sure their kids don’t starve, or making sure they can stretch the last bit of money until the next check. Doesn’t help that all we do is exploit these people any chance we can.

And I’d bet a lot of people in that situation don’t really care to help repair a system that never really worked for them in the first place.

It’s not the right approach, you and I know that. But desperate people don’t act rationally. They act emotionally. And our society has gotten really good at manipulating peoples emotions.

Oh thank you for doing what you’re supposed to do.

The Tech Bros bend the knee. They don’t care about connecting people, or making information accessible. They only care about exploiting you and selling you. So of course there’d be no fight when the government asks for dissenters.

I hope people start firebombing data centers.

You can sure tell other people want to do from your armchair though.