• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    All of the evils we bemoan in modern society start with consumers paying for those evils.

    “But I have no choice!”

    Choose helplessness, beg our bought and paid for governments to bail you out. How’s that working?

    Remember how the price of gas collapsed during COIVD? Yeah, because people quit buying.

    It’s hard to learn self-reliance and related skills. But don’t come crying to me saying, “We’ve never taken ownership of our issues and why won’t the government fix it?!”

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      11 months ago

      beg our bought and paid for governments to bail you out.

      And

      Remember how the price of gas collapsed during COIVD? Yeah, because people quit buying.

      They could quit buying because of government assistance pressuring businesses to close. And then providing assistance to those forced to stay home.