Hyperreality
Polls are not universally garbage. In fact, they can be eerily accurate, especially if you aggregate the data.
This poll is garbage and how the media reports on polls is garbage.
I assume the Satanic Temple is the non-theist one, which doesn't actually believe in Satan, and just uses it to troll religious nutjobs.
It's a pity the Christian right are invariably functionally illiterate, or they would have known to not kick themselves in the dick.
Vanity. It's the Devil's favourite sin.
To be fair, I assume you're American and you guys call the main course the entrée. What else can one expect from uncultured barbarians that they don't respect the most basic laws of human decency? I mean, what's next? Wearing a hat inside? Disgusting.
Luck is more important than time. Eg. Ill health, caring for children/relatives, debt, mental health issues, etc. You can do everything right and still lose. That is life. In this hypercapitalist and often unequal system, it is more likely that you will lose.
A lot of people haven't saved enough for retirement. Not all of them did so out of ignorance. They simply had no choice but to prioritise the short term. More than you think, they're too ashamed to be honest about it, even if it's arguably not their fault.
Not you because you were simply responding to a comment, but this is why I strongly recommend people don't lecture too much when it comes to retirement and check their privilege. A lot of people are simply unaware of the privileged position they're in, would prefer not to think about how easy it is to lose everything, and that most people simply can't afford to invest even if they wanted to.
Eg. My current pension plan is to not live beyond 65. It's deeply sad, but it is what it is. I try to focus on the here and now. I'm lucky enough to have a roof over my head, but you'd be surprised how many homeless people have degrees. Hard science degrees too. People with decades of experience. It's scary.
Eg.
https://invisiblepeople.tv/how-highly-educated-people-end-up-on-the-streets/
Add this to the list of reasons the Chinese want Trump to win the presidency in 2024.
Slovakia's also getting a new government...
Almost as if it's in some countries' interests for people to get distracted from following the war in Ukraine until Trump gets elected and that some people are deliberately using the situation in Gaza to do just that.
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