wqnm
10d ago
One quibble with this, in the US at least, the vast majority of retirement savings aren’t just sitting in banks, they’re tied up in the stock market, ie, invested and “building”. This is true for most old and/or wealthy peoples money, which is why the “they’re hoarding wealth” argument is kind of silly in some ways; this generational wealth isn’t sitting in some Scrooge McBoomer vault, it is the fuel that drives the market.
wqnm
17d ago
Has anyone coined AI Derangement Syndrome (AIDS) yet? Because this is just typical AIDS.
I suppose one of the benefits of a one party state is you don't constantly have large swaths intentionally playing up how shitty everything is and generally doing everything in their power to make sure vibes aren't too good, lest the side in power gain brownie points for the next elections. Democracy dictates that at any given time somewhere around half of Americans think (or are led to think) everything is going to shit (justified or not).
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