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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

response from Epstein administration? “get back to work before i notice you”

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's a GOOD thing we Voted for the BILLIONAIRES to Lead us! Billionaires HISTORICALLY really really really REALLY REALLY Love the Working class and DONT take Advantage of them Ever at All!

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When ppl in "world's superpower" feel like they can't afford stuff which most ppl in 3rd world countries can....

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it doesn't seem to matter; many metrics like home ownership rates of many parts of the world dwarf that of the united states, yet americans still assume that they're in a better situation nonetheless due to propaganda.

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, no one saw this coming... Wait...

[–] Wrongputbet@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Are there any peaceful solutions to our problem? Im being serious, what can we do?

[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

... Considering our elites and the two parties are child raping genocidal maniacs... I am skeptical

[–] stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe not peaceful, but you need to abolish the two-party-system. The longer I think about it, the more I am convinced that it's one of the root-causes for many problems. At this point, it's not a democracy anymore, but tribalism.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Push the overton window to the left by dismantling a century of highly-effective anti-left propaganda. Educate yourself, then other people, on:

  1. what "socialism", "communism", and "capitalism" truly mean
  2. how many labor rights were won by unions (basically of them) vs kindly handed out by cApTaInS oF iNdUsTrY (basically none of them)
  3. the US founders' views on democracy, slavery, and Native Americans

developing basic literacy, media literacy, and critical thinking is also not a bad idea (I don't mean this as a personal insult; we're talking about a country where over half the adults are functionally illiterate, 20-30% of voters supported bombing a fictional country, and 42% of voters think the Russian government is communist)

there are many many practical steps to take as well, but it's hard for me to see any of these leading to lasting change without fixing the (deliberately constructed) mis- and under-education in the USA.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

weeklong

Just a tiny klong; wee, even.

#hyphenateMuch

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, and here's me in Canada about to take two weeks off and go to Singapore and Japan in May.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Up from how much since Biden?

/S for the Dems