this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 2 points 35 minutes ago

The military asylum nation

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

Before the 2025 cuts....

The federal government had just recovered to the pre-Clinton levels. But trump still isn't going to come close to the reduction in force Clinton got.

And people still act like they don't know why trump was giving neoliberals money for decades

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Today I learned that there is an energy grid owned by the government in the Tennessee Valley as a 1950's New Deal utopia project thing.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago)

More of a New Deal "these poor, ignorant hillbillies aren't going to and can't afford to electrify themselves" kind of thing.

It's why utilities are cheap in the area.

Can't wait for these fuckers to see what happens when it gets fully privatized. It was already quasi-privatized but there's tons of price controls Republicans have been itching to strip.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago

A bit outdated may I say

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 2 points 58 minutes ago

Looks like there's a lot of overlap....

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago

Okay, that's 2023. How is it right now with the current administration who wants a 'small government'?