A Boring Dystopia

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Despite economic growth, 70% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse (wtop.com)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, corporations are doing great, the "economy" is a good indication of that, but it means fuck all for us.

[–] AshMan85 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Gilded age 2.0

[–] APassenger 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm ready for progressive Roosevelt-types and I'm voting as hard as I can to get them. I'll take Teddy, I'll take FDR, I'll take Eleanor.

I just want someone scrappy enough to succeed on our behalf.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just want things to hurry up and get to the stage where rich investors start jumping from windows again because even the stock market can't hide shit anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don't think we'll see that again, at least not voluntarily. A crash of that magnitude almost happened in 2008, but the corporate owned government bailed out the failed businesses. And now, the owner class is even more heavily invested in real estate, so even if the stock market tanks, having a captive market on a human right means they always have a way to steal from the workers.

[–] AshMan85 0 points 4 months ago

Well.. teddy with out the racism and genocide, preferably lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

"Space travel" is the new "Build a house so big it can hold the the entire population of Newport."