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We had it all (europe.pub)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 1 point 5 days ago* (10 children)

If our grandparents had taken a stand back then and stopped buying shit these corporations would have never gotten so bold. Yeah we should start now (and many are) but we're in a much worse position than they were.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    Gen Z is just as hooked with propaganda and brainrot from social media, if not more so. It's insane how consumerist the younger generations are, falling for scam after scam, I think it's peptides now.

    This generational warfare shit is insane. Many boomers are working at Walmart because they don't have enough to retire and are also getting fucked over. There are plenty of poor, progressive bloomers, just as there are an astounding number of gen z conservatives and red pill bros.

    Let's admit that no one is immune to propaganda, and unfortunately most people in all generations are quick to fall for right wing bs.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago* (3 children)

    Many boomers are working at Walmart because they don't have enough to retire and are also getting fucked over

    And then they go and vote straight R. Every time. Religiously.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    ‘If you’re poor and work at Walmart it’s because you’re conservative and voted to suffer’ sure is a great way to kick poor Democrats and drive away poor independents.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago* (1 child)

    Maybe they should stop voting against their interests.

    I don't know what world you're living in where the venn diagram of boomer Walmart greeters and Fox News viewers isn't a huge overlap?

    Maybe it varies by area and California is full of leftist boomer Walmart greeters, I don't know.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    You know literally nothing about them except that they are poor and work in a Walmart and have decided that means they must be Republicans. I don’t wanna hear shit from you about “why doesn’t the working class support Democrats more??” when this is how you talk about them.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    I think its more nuanced than that, you have to remember that we have the internet, while our grandparents did not. Its harder to notice enshittification without it, imo.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    I don't need to the internet to see the product I'm looking at in the store is of lesser quality or smaller amount than the previous one.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    Yes, but what about the hundreds or thousands of products you dont keep track of? Anecdotally speaking, I see way more posts online than if I were to go to the store myself. Collective mind is a powerful thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    I suppose I wouldn't recognize the enshittification of those products. The people purchasing them regularly would though. Everyone would have their particular set of products they'd be knowledgeable enough about. All together society as a whole could have stood against this shit and smothered it before it took off rather than us having to deal with the raging inferno it is today.

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