eskimofry

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[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe lets not try to pretend that it is just about the costs shall we? I bet MBAs will cower at the suggestion to put up a paywall from the beginning. Afterall, bait-and-switch is their bread-and-butter.

Subscriptions weren't the norm when we actually paid for something and got the full product. The cost to run things didn't suddenly become a factor just now.

Only thing that changed: greed of businesses, execs, shareholders.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Ah the Highly intellectual argument that liberals use to win over voters... or is it?

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Sure... it will just buff out

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hardly. As a generally liberal person.. I see that the amount of scrutiny white young men go through is more than normal.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No need to convince anyone. Trump presidency ensures their will is implemented.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Or they are quite irritated at smartass comments like that and yours. You're a clever-mcgee pulling off the oldest play of letters and words, don't you?

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Its sarcasm. All the theatre about voting third party doesn't make sense because people could shut up and do that if they feel they want to make a change. The loud noise is most likely coming from people trying to derail one candidate or the other.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Much better than pretending that you're doing something while the billionaires laugh on their way to congress.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I appreciate you not escalating in response to my snarky comment with more snark or sarcasm.

On the subject: I agree that the system needs to motivate certain behaviors and disincentives others. But from the current point onwards in our cursed reality... I see no way this transition to such a system does not involve a violent revolution/uprising. I don't see how we can even maintain such a system in the future without threat of violence towards those that put profits before everything else. I believe this because it took violence to take back 40 hour work weeks and paid vacations. Those seem trivial compared to a system overhaul from the current starting point.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You sweet summer child. You think billionaires don't control things?

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