• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    This is how I know that the USA is just the first of the neoliberal states on a fast track to societal collapse. Throughout the industrialized world we’re seeing the rise of the surveillance state, the influence of billionaires and the rise of far-right movements sponsored by the ultra-wealthy.

    The disease infecting the United States is contagious.

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        2 hours ago

        As of yet there’s still only one in the colloquial sense. Besides, they’re all parasites anyways, it makes no difference what you call them.

      • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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        3 hours ago

        Has the total value of mankind increased, meaning we can actually say we have more value for trillionaires to consume now than ever before — actual tangible value? Or would global wealth be more of a theoretical constant because it’s zero sum or something?