I can't remember a period of time with so many anti-trust and other consumer protection lawsuits from the FTC and DOJ.
Shame we got to this state, but Biden admin is deeply based.
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The FTC actions at least are because of Lina Khan and we better protect her. The billionaires are actively trying to get Kamala to drop her.
That and the rise of the unions. It really feels like times in history we only learned about in school but never experienced before.
Agreed. We've lost a lot of ground to the barons of the new world, but the swell of support for unions is a light in the darkness. As much as I have bad things to say about our society, I'm happy we live somewhere where we can push back without going to jail.
I'm so glad to see some progress at last.
On a side note, I'm not sure what your last sentence means. I keep seeing people use the word "based" but I refuse to look it up 😄.
"Based" is pre-zoomer (Gen Z/Alpha) gamer slang for "great", with a slight connotation of oppositional greatness.
Original gamer use may include describing use of the N word for memes as "based" as its a counter-cultural thing that gamers saw as good. Nowadays it's pretty "normie-core" and any time something upsets the status quo in a positive way that might make opposition upset, is based.
For example, Dark Brandon, a reimagining of the "let's go Brandon" MAGA meme to be a progressive, anti-MAGA meme used as kind of a soft middle-finger to the right-wing internet, was incredibly based.
Thanks for the explanation. I'm in the Xennial cohort, and I never could develop an appreciation for gaming lexicons. I know every generation has their slang, but it does add some challenges with a broader audience.
Don't worry, I already have no idea what mewing, mogging, skibidi, or Ohio mean. I'm already the old man yelling at clouds.
Same!
Cultivate a fascination for neologism and you can be the old person that correctly and unironically uses modern slang to the horror of young people everywhere~
Become the reason that kids have to find new words for things all over again and you'll never run out of new material~
I'd be blaming Reaganomics more than Biden, because that's where this shitstorm started.
I think you misunderstood.
- Shame we have so many horrid companies with so much power.
- Biden's admin is amazing because I've never seen so many pro-consumer cases get filed.
Medicine price negotiations, antitrust lawsuits, price gouging lawsuits, unfair fee lawsuits, etc. Biden admin FTC+DOJ have more teeth than I've ever seen.
They’re not blaming Biden…
Let’s just base an entire economic system on this, what could go wrong?
Christians love it!!!
The Americans are just jealous of our space age Canadian "Interac" technology... don't share it though, they'll steal our timbits!
As a dualie I was amazed at how awesome Interac was when I moved up - no cost money transfers and easy to manage scheduled autopay was miles ahead of what America managed.
Visa is the only card I have. No Discover, MasterCard, American Express, nothing.