Piracy has never been theft because nothing is missing. It's not stealing or theft if someone takes a picture of my shoes and makes their own because I still have shoes.

Ah yes, the American dream.

United Health has the highest claim denial rate in the US and denies over 30% of claims by people trying to be healthy.

They don't have to go on lemmy to defend, they just do it and they have let thousands of people die.

All workers really.

When the extremely wealthy hold the economy hostage it's the "invisible hand of the free market" and when labor holds the economy hostage they're selfish and greedy free loaders. Really sad how that happens.

It's also a bit weird that this is politically relevant in the US. I honestly don't understand how my need for healthcare is a political stance.

Kinda. It might be 3rd parties using it but it is 100% an API designed by Google to keep apps on Google Play.

Finally? Did we forget the great depression and the dust bowl?

Tbf you're paying for the college to provide you internet.

This was the expected outcome. There are no consequences for the wealthy and affluent in the US, only for the poor. Look at the 2008 financial collapse, there wasn't any real jail time for any of those involved but we can't even begin to cover the number of suicides their actions caused.

I wish I could be as pleased with it. I don't want to pay for a service and have that service still collect data on me to push ads elsewhere.

In yesterday's America too. Look at the Battle of Blair Mountain for instance where corporations have run the show for centuries.

I completely agree. I don't have autism, it's not a disease, it's part of who I am like my ethnicity. I am so fucking tired of having to conform to what neurotypicals think I should be.