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[โ€“] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 64 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is so obvious and becoming a huge problem.

[โ€“] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 32 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I feel like mi6 and cia have a role in the whole shitshow.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

All because Trump and co are seething that labour rights should be a thing.

"Kind socialism for us but ruthless capitalism for everybody else".

[โ€“] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Idk I kind of think trump was put in place by feds... Like the way America overthrows other places.

Fed funds these tech companies. They basically have used them for backdoor surveillance and it seems this whole coup is partly built for them to come out of the dark and start using the tech outright. Like a new lifestyle being put in place of surveillance and AI, they knew people wouldn't be down for that so they need to make situations to put it in place. they have a fall guy - trump. And Epstein was the fall guy for their extortion game to get rich people to do what they want.

At this point I think it's probably naive to think America has the back of genuine humanity, and to assume they are looking out for the common person's well-being is a bad idea.

I think you are attributing a lot of forethought and planning to this shitshow that isn't thereย 

[โ€“] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

This is the inevitable consequence of capitalism. It could not possibly end any other way. Capitalism will always lead to the dismantling of democracy on a long enough timescale, it is its logical and causal conclusion.

Society needs some sort of chemo to survive, and the chemo is equally likely to kill it.

It's bleak but I see no way out of this, it will crash and burn in either case, I am amazed it hasn't happened here yet.

[โ€“] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

They are subservient to the government, the government is subservient to private interests. By transitive property, MI6 and CIA are subservient to private interests.

Welcome back to feudalism. The nobility have total control and AI powered digital surveillance this time.

I'm glad I'm getting older and might die from a heart attack or stroke within a decade, if I'm lucky.