upsidedown

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[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People are able to tighten up the belt if they believe in the cause. And you can even rewind the clock on the capitalist system to see that people were contributing more and taking less for themselves.

Erosion of social structure was helped a LOT by targeted propaganda. Some of which is influencing your own thought process.

Think about it.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's not that it's not allowed but it's not required. Labor market is very unequal in information on one hand, where it's much harder for individuals to know what is their value for the business and how are they doing versus the peers. Then there is strong arming through credit obligations and work + commute time that effectively makes it very prohibitive for people to object.

And so since you can exploit the people, most businesses will. That's a very easy way to improve your business results.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Because it is largely a manufactured problem. And not having it actually in your life makes it so much better for manufacturing purposes. You can dial up to 11 all the fears of unknown, misconceptions and what not that drive people politically where you want them, while you have no real world to push back on your nonsense.

Yes the people that get duped do bear a bit of the burden due to not doing proper research on their own. But the vast majority of the burden is on the people that push this through. And unfortunately they are pretty damn good at their jobs.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes all the same

There's a pink one and a green one

And a blue one and a yellow one

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

There were several atomoxetine shortages in EU already. Dunno about other parts of the world, but it is also an issue for the atom.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Still, he did achieve his goal of being a president of US not once but twice. He had to make a deal with the devil to achieve it but he did. And if he was totally incompetent even the devil wouldn't help. And it's not like his deal has cost him much at all so far.

I think there is a good chance he'd know how to skirt the law if he'd start at a lower rung too.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

He could get destroyed in public's eye same way he got created (well to the extent of actually getting to be a president). The propaganda machine that created him could just as well annihilate him.

He is not the one controlling all the media and more importantly all the internet propaganda.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I don't think he'd care about the daughter really. He would care though about being shown for a fool he is. And I have no doubt that Trump understands this fully. Putin's propaganda machine both helped this orange narc get elected and is the means to strip him of it if he misbehaves.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yeahhhhh. I'm on a correct dosage of atomoxetine since a bit over a month and I still cannot get used to just being so calm. The need for energy drinks and sweets literally evaporated after a one week retreat, as did my obsessive need for gaming which I used as a soothing tool since being a lil undiagnosed kid.

I can count moments in my life when I felt this internally calm on the fingers of one hand. It feels so eerie right now, and I'm feeling my brain looking for a gotcha moment that will end this. Hope this stays with me for a longer while and gives me a shot at sorting out my life without being a stress powered ball.