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.
These all you? Because they’re in the last two pages of your post history. They sure all look like you hating on things to me:
Almost as funny as the Democrats “ending” COVID by cutting off payouts so people would “go back to work”
Also Biden ended the COVID unemployment payouts, boneheaded move because COVID numbers are higher than ever.
They ended COVID administratively
Being full of anticommunists who call anyone left of Biden a tankie makes an instance right wing in my eyes at least
It’s just blue maga
Here’s you literally hating on firefighters less than a day ago:
Like I know firefighter put out fires, but in the US at least departments are often instrumental in making sure city streets are as unsafe as possible so they can drive their enormous trucks down them.
They will even do shit like narc out renters who have too many roommates in single family neighborhoods to city authorities, like they’re not cops but some of them try really hard.
Like an order of magnitude more people die in car crashes than house fires, and more often than not fire departments are just responding to some dumbass crashing their car.
Shall I keep going?
Incidentally, I don’t hate you. You’re not remotely important enough to me for that.
Taking just the firefighting comment out of context as “hating” kind of confirms that you’re not actually reading what I’m saying or understanding it either.
My issue is that unelected fire officials often override elected officials pushing for safe streets. They’re treated with reverence despite their role in the mass auto fatalities every day.
I’ll respond to you more once I’m done with this shift.
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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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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
These all you? Because they’re in the last two pages of your post history. They sure all look like you hating on things to me:
Here’s you literally hating on firefighters less than a day ago:
Shall I keep going?
Incidentally, I don’t hate you. You’re not remotely important enough to me for that.
Taking just the firefighting comment out of context as “hating” kind of confirms that you’re not actually reading what I’m saying or understanding it either.
My issue is that unelected fire officials often override elected officials pushing for safe streets. They’re treated with reverence despite their role in the mass auto fatalities every day.
I’ll respond to you more once I’m done with this shift.
Her* my pronouns are right in my display name
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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.