zerkrazus

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Yep, it certainly is, but hardly anyone ever talks about it, especially not in mainstream media. Why? Because the ones doing it, i.e. the corporations, own the media. They're not going to tell on themselves. Instead they'll gaslight and lie about supposedly "rampant" retail theft that is nowhere near as widespread as they like to claim and constantly report. And gullible people believe them because it's on the news, it must be real, right?

I mean why not right? I plan to get one eventually along with a Sega CD. I bought a Saturn a couple years ago and only have 1 game for it still (Virtua Fighter). But I wanted one so I got one. I remember playing one during the national tour they did right before launch back in the day. I think someone I knew growing up had a 32X and a different person had a SCD, but I didn't know anyone that had them both.

Right? They love lazy people. It's just they're rich. In this dystopian country, when you're rich, you get worshiped by bootlicking morons and can do nothing wrong. Literally everything you do is totally awesome and cool and you're super smart. You can even commit whatever crimes you want when you're rich with zero consequences. Just write a check to everyone and go about your day. What a fucking joke.

With all the money we've spent on Ukraine, a pointless money laundering scheme for the MIC, we could've done so much good in this country.

on Twitter??? · c/bad_ui_battles · 9 pts · 3y

Musk is such a dumbass. He thinks all he has to do to rename it to X is change the logo, do a domain redirect, and change the name in less than 1% of the places it needs to be changed. Most large companies would have all this in place before going live with it.

I mean if they got everything they wanted, that's great, but I think the country as a whole would, in the long term, benefit from them striking anyways. Why? Because those in power think they're immune to consequences for their actions. They think they hold all the power and can do whatever they want whenever they want. The only way other than a revolution to take some of that power back is for a massive general strike unlike this country has ever seen before.

on Finding Content? · c/AskKbin · 1 pts · 3y

Well, I was more meaning like if you don't know a specific name for a community and you just have a general topic in mind. I'm guessing search is the best option?

National median rent is something like ~$1,500-$1,900 depending on what source you use. Every place I've rented required 3 times rent to qualify. That means you need to earn $4,500-$5,700/month gross or $54,000-$68,400/year gross or ~$26-$33/hour if working 40 hours/week. Federal minimum wage is still $7.25. I believe the median income is around $66,388/year, so while some can afford it, yes, many can't, 2/3rds of the country is living paycheck to paycheck right now.

Yes, percentage wise there's not a lot of people on minimum wage compared to those who aren't, but this doesn't account for people who make more than minimum wage but still don't make enough to afford rent. People shouldn't have to live with family, friends, or random roommates to afford housing.

That's not how society is supposed to function. We make individuality a big thing in this country yet we refuse to let a portion of society be individuals by pricing them out of things like having their own place. Society is supposed to make things better for everyone, not a select in group and then fuck everyone else.

Also artificial scarcity is a thing. Those who can provide more goods or services choosing not to to drive up prices.