[-] stella@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just like global warming, the consequences for funneling as much money to as few people as possible will not be immediately apparent.

Aviation, military, infrastructure, medicine, agriculture, all of it is going to get worse in subtle ways before we notice how broken they've become. People just can't be expected to care when they're not being compensated accordingly. The more people who realize that 'work' isn't about supporting society, it's about serving the ruling class, the more people will slack off because they don't actually care about the work being done.

Quality is down. Prices are up.

These problems will continue to get worse as long as the disparity in wealth continues to grow.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If law enforcement actually wanted to tackle the trafficking problem in Houston, they would go after the outlets.

All it takes is a quick search on rubmaps.com to see where you can buy sex, right now, in Houston.

After that, they can go after people on Tryst. It's such an open secret because there is so much money being passed around.

Human trafficking is integral to Houston's economy and culture. They won't do anything about it because they don't want to.

The only solution to make sex work safer in Houston is to legalize it. Which they also won't do because they're "better than that" and legalization would result in better treatment of workers at the expense of employers.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Houston is the 2nd most trafficked city in the US.

It's an open secret and there's so much money being passed around, nothing is really being done about it.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

So sad what happened to the Native Americans, and natives pretty much everywhere.

I legitimately feel their ideas and culture coincide with their relative numbers. In other words, both are on the fringe.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Hey! I remember you from Reddit. Loved playing 2009scape back in the day before they merged servers and reset my progress, lol.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Why is this in all caps?

Blogspot?

[-] stella@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

It's what happens when people aren't easily replaceable. Some of them start to abuse their power.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

What's really sad is this guy could've had a great support group among progressives.

Instead, he let the fear of retribution from his current peers dictate his decisions.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Always funny watching the hypocrisy of meat eaters.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably one of the most complex issues that I don't see being brought up is Gaza's culture built around Sharia law.

Yeah, there are plenty of innocent people are children suffering. This still doesn't mean that if Gazans had there way, Israel would be a better place.

That said, the US should end all aid to Israel and let them fund their own genocide. They can afford it. They have a fucking intel fab for fuck's sake.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Weird how many people are against Israel yet they keep doing what they want.

I guess it just goes to show that the major governments of the world are not beholden to their citizens.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There would be so much more funding for education if the school system didn't waste it on proprietary software and copyrighted materials.

Oh well. At least the businesses are happy.

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