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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Germans in 1945: Sorry I am not political.

Russians 2022: Not political.

USA 2025: I did not know, it was only in the media for years everywhere.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Actual 90% of Americans: I'm busy trying to survive daily life working essentially paycheck to paycheck, maybe working two or three jobs and a side gig to make ends meet, commuting over an hour each way to work, being overly stressed from work, having to pay for some of the most expensive healthcare on the planet even with work provided insurance, and never able to afford to take a real vacation or even time to sit back and look at anything not directly part of my daily struggles to survive in current society. When I do look around, half of politics is telling me I'm lazy and the other half is talking about things that don't affect my daily struggles.

Meanwhile both of the groups say the other is lying all the time and I don't have the time or energy to look into it before I have to get to bed so I can get up and do it all over again tomorrow. And in the morning, my car breaks down again, and repairing it wipes out the little savings I did manage to have for a while. Now I'm worried that I might be fired because I am late to work again because of car trouble and lack of good public transit options.


Our society has been manufactured over the last 100 years to get people to the point we don't have the free time or enough money to effectively see what's happening and fight back without having to completely destroy our lives in the process.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If you put yourself above others, which almost everyone does, then yes, that is the logical conclusion. There is nothing you can do, as everything you do might make it worse for you. So regardless of how obviously better in the grand scheme of things, people do not do it. That is how almost every human "is programmed" and I do not know if we will every get beyond this primitive thinking.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

but still kept contempt enough to not make huge riots, and uprisings like with other countries, its just enough for you to not fight the "aristocrats", of course decades of propaganda helps, because without "being content gets you so far"

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's handled largely by the lack of ability to take time off. And then there's wage stagnation. It not only means increased company profits, but on the national scale it helps ensure any people do not make enough money to build up any savings.

They've created a very effective system where most don't have the paid time off from work, can't afford to call in, and also don't have the savings to afford the time to find a new job.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

those 90% of Americans don't own an expensive Tesla

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You do realize that the Model 3 has been available brand new for like $37k for 4 years now, and used ones obviously cheaper than that. That's not exactly cheap, but it's where the vast majority of EV prices are targeted, not the high end anymore.

Tesla is no longer an exclusively $80k+ luxury brand despite what so many people online seem to think still. The vast majority of Tesla vehicles ever made aren't the Model S or X, they are the Model 3 and Y in just the last few years. Hell, half of Toyota's current vehicle lineup is $40k or more.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

If you're working paycheck to paycheck and bought a $37k vehicle you need to rethink your financial decisions