The slight majority of Americans say they are worse off than four years ago, while their assessments of the U.S. economy are subpar and inflation remains a key concern.
I’m seriously asking why anyone should bother if things will get 10% worse every year.
I’m serious things are getting worse for a lot of people. Maybe 10% is a bit hyperbolic, but my rent went up by more than 10% in just the last year, I know I’m not alone there.
Food prices went up, COVID subsidies ended, energy prices go up, transport costs go up. All tied to this admins foreign and domestic policies.
We can quibble over if it’s 10% or something slightly lower number, but unless you’re in a bubble things have been getting worse for people.
Also why bother? I’m willing to fight even if it looks hopeless and I don’t think I’m alone there either.
Because even if you are being hyperbolic about the 10%, if it definitely always gets worse every year, then it sounds like it’s just hopeless and we should all give up. Because, based on what you have said so far, life will never get better no matter what.
Things can absolutely get better, I can concede that. It’s just that the bad guys won, the workers of the world already lost against the forces of endless exploitation.
I’m not going to stop fighting for everyone to be free just because of a few setbacks that happened before I was born.
Almost as funny as the Democrats “ending” COVID by cutting off payouts so people would “go back to work”
And now you’re making me think you were also lying about your claim that everything will get significantly worse every year was a joke.
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Nope, I’m seriously asking why anyone should bother if things will get 10% worse every year.
The problem here is you can’t seem to decide whether that claim is serious or a joke.
I’m serious things are getting worse for a lot of people. Maybe 10% is a bit hyperbolic, but my rent went up by more than 10% in just the last year, I know I’m not alone there.
Food prices went up, COVID subsidies ended, energy prices go up, transport costs go up. All tied to this admins foreign and domestic policies.
We can quibble over if it’s 10% or something slightly lower number, but unless you’re in a bubble things have been getting worse for people.
Also why bother? I’m willing to fight even if it looks hopeless and I don’t think I’m alone there either.
Does it look hopeless or is it just hopeless?
Because even if you are being hyperbolic about the 10%, if it definitely always gets worse every year, then it sounds like it’s just hopeless and we should all give up. Because, based on what you have said so far, life will never get better no matter what.
That makes any fighting pointless.
That’s just being defeatist, I really don’t care how hopeless things get, people can organize their way out of it.
Even if the AMOC collapses in 30years I’ll still be around, having perfect opinions
If things will literally never get better, it isn’t being defeatist, it’s being defeated.
You can’t stop the sun from expanding.
Of course, if you concede that things can get better, even a little, then things are worth fighting for.
Something tells me you won’t make that concession though.
Things can absolutely get better, I can concede that. It’s just that the bad guys won, the workers of the world already lost against the forces of endless exploitation.
I’m not going to stop fighting for everyone to be free just because of a few setbacks that happened before I was born.
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Her* my pronouns are right in my display name
They will perform on Lemmy regardless of what I say. I enjoy giving such people enough rope.
What? I’m right sorry if you’re just a hater
You’re literally constantly talking about things you hate. Have you checked your own comment history?
If you read my comments and think I’m motivated by hate I think that’s what they call projection
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Maybe it’s antisemitic to say the US is aiding and abetting a genocide 🤷
In any case, posting a screenshot of a removed comment in the exact same comment thread only tends to piss mods off.