[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

He shouldn't have been able to get a wife, let alone two.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Deflation is a great thing.

The working class has been conditioned to think it's "bad" and inflation is "inevitable" because inflation is how the ruling class recoups any gains the working class has made, with interest.

Personally, I think it goes a bit deeper than this. Insecure people always want to feel they "know" everything, so they will often overreach and make claims about something they don't understand just to look smart and fit in. For example, always using the word "consumer" instead of "customer." They want to sound smart, like they went to school and learned about consumers, but they don't realize how they're acting without thinking. It's all a show to avoid admitting they don't really know what they're talking about.

Inflation is the same. Since it's almost guaranteed to happen and it benefits the ruling class, the average worker has been conditioned to see it as beneficial. They are praised for going along with the narrative that inflation is necessary and it makes them "feel smart" even if they are incorrect.

Saying "communism doesn't work" is another example.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

I can say I'll never buy another lenovo product again.

My laptop is, of course, broken at both hinges due to ridiculously thin and cheap plastic.

This is inexcusable and only exists to make a few rich people a bit richer.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

Awful take.

Instead of printing money, they should be raising taxes on their wealthiest.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 weeks ago

How long is a long time?

I remember when people were legitimately saying Ukraine could take back crimea...

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Why do I get the suspicious feeling that there's a significant overlap between people who want raw milk and are against vaccines.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

I know a vegan with celiacs.

She's real inspirational whenever I see people say they can't go vegan. If she can do it, then almost anyone can.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Everyone reading this right now should recognize that America will be on a steady decline for the rest of our lives.

There's no point in waiting for it to improve. There's no point in waiting for it to fall.

Just accept that it is a trend that will not end while we are still living. Don't waste your life waiting for the day that never comes.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The fuck? You don't have to pay people to attend a funeral...

Especially not with taxpayer money...

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

I'm a firm-believer that if there was a product that could compete with Steam, then people would use it of their own volition.

GOG is the only platform people ever willfully recommend to others without twisting their arms because of exclusives or deals. Why? Well, they have something Steam doesn't. Epic, Blizzard, Rockstar, all of them have platforms that exist to do one thing: make rich people richer off of the backs of useful idiots.

Getting mad at Steam for having market dominance is asinine. Get mad at the market for rewarding bloated companies who put out garbage just to make themselves more bloated and the useful idiots who go along with it.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

It's what happens when you have incredibly rich people living right next to the incredibly poor.

Wall St investors actually have to be in close proximity with the janitors whose lives they're ruining with maximizing profit. We can't have the proles getting any ideas about fighting back...

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

Just use free streaming sites.

Laugh at anyone who suggests anything else.

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