Demdaru

1. If you are USA citizen, you have the right to bear arms in case goverment turns evil
2. While yiur giv turned incompeten/insensitive instead, it also soldd itself out to corporations.
3. Thus, corporations = gov
4. Thus, you have right to bear arms in case corporations turn evil

Maybe economically yeah, I rather thought culture wise where relying too much on immigrants brings it's own set of problems.

Also, I know that what you speak of is normal, but damn does it sound bad..."come to us to work for pennies in jobs we would rather not do"...

The hell's going on in USA...?

Where I live I'm barely seeing homeless, and when I'm seeing homeless then it's due to their own choice of preffering alcohol over shelter, so I don't care that much (still getting them food if they ask and I have the means).

Does america not have shelters for homeless? Or do more homeless prefer deugs of any kind over shelter?

There is propaganda and then there is fact that nobody teaches their children about budgeting and financial responsibility. Do not treat credit like money you own, do not allow yourself to perceive luxury items as something you need, be mindful of what you can actually afford. Today people seem to have problems with these ideas - lack of education on the topic and aggressive ad campaigns by corporations resulted in that.

But while we cannot change masses, we not only can, but we should point this out to as many people as we can. Often all you need to notice something is for someone else to ask question about why that happens. And yeah, sure, maybe helping one or two people won't make a dent, and even then these people may already be past saving or simply unable to pick up new habits. But if every mindful person tries to help someone else at least once, shift in society is guaranteed. And such shift will result, maybe, in actual change.

And, on a more flat approach - being aware of your own budgeting limits, spending power and how much money you use is not actually yours tends to radicalize people against the rich.

I'm going to be brutally honest.

1. Corporations are shitstains and prey upon people's minds and wants.
2. People today are too entitled / greedy.

No. You don't need that phone to survive, solid but low end one will easily carry you next 3-5 years. No, you do not need to go for McD for breakfast - eat a homemade sandwhich. Takes the same amount of time it'd take to get McD served to you.

But today a lot of folk take a lot of shit for granted or worse, needed, and it's pitiful.

Fuck, that also is due to corporate ads and framing. But people need to wake up and stop fueling this shit on their own. And stop blaming schools - this shit is for parents to teach ffs, like the rest of actual household chores.

Also I am not arguing for everyone to live frugally but instead to learn a mindful way of spending. If you actually have free money, money you own and not a credit, then sure, treat yourself.

I admit I lack the ground to stand on here, so I'll back off. Most of my experience is more of me and people I know - I know I had sbortcomings and mental problems due to parents divorce, again know few people who were raised withoit father. That's mostly what influences my view.

However examples you raised are hella interesting, but I also cannot help but wonder how these children grow up compared to 2+1/2+2 family. There are for sure differences - after all even higher amount of children bears high influence - but I wonder what these are. Will look for it later. Thanks for dropping these.

Probably lack of evidence. Escalating without evidence will give China political leverage.

I mean, yeah. But also not everyone.

It worked well for so long because it is a good solution. Allow users to block and let everything fly as long as it's not a personal attack. The community will relatively quickly sort itself out.

Sadly, today there are exception to block button working >:(

Edit: Hell. isn't BlueSky pretty much riding this today? People made blocklists and give fuck all about the less nice side of the site. And people who are intersted can keep seeing stuff.