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  • They're confusing free market with capitalism most likely.

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  • That's the problem. The system prioritizes wealth accumulation above all else. When you build a society that views wealth as the highest state of being then those regulatory systems will eventually be bought out.

    There may well be no such thing as a sustainable regulated capitalism, especially when we've normalized the monetization of everything.

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  • There's a reason capitalism is essentially counter to the teachings of all major world religions, many of which are extremely authoritarian in their own way.

    One aspect of modern capitalism is predatory loans, which every Abrahamic religion has writings against.

    It's pretty telling most religions would not go as far as "poor people can go fuck themselves" despite being used to control people through fear over millenia but the end game of unchecked capitalism is truly as simple as "poor people can go fuck themselves"

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  • Amazing that the young ones will have to teach their parents morality but actually I'm not that suprised. I feel many of us will be looking back at the direction boomers and their parents took the world post WW2 and shake our heads.

    The first time I took a deep dive into the Israeli-Palestinian 'conflict' was in 2012 and it took all of half an hour to come to the conclusion that Netanyahu has a bloodlust reminiscent of Hitler. It felt shitty to realize that Western propaganda had me believing a lie my entire life (granted I was in my early 20s). But that feeling was soon overcome with an even worse feeling of unease as you realize how many people just accept this genocide as the status quo.

    I'm so glad Gen Z is seeing through all this. It was much easier to pull the wool over peoples eyes (in a way) in the pre social media age because news was always curated for us. There's a lot of bullshit out there on the internet don't get me wrong.

    But it's hard to argue with pictures of dead children (even though some folk still try).

  • Democratic governor Hochul says she’s not ready to back Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor yet — slamming his plan to tax the rich

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  • Yeah this is not a well constructed thought by her. Need to go back together drawing boars with that one.

    If the rich paid their fair share in taxes, life would be more affordable for the majority of people if politicians do their jobs. It's a big if, and clearly one Kathy doesn't believe in.

  • Zohran Mamdani is not backing down

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  • Capitalism is amoral, meaning it can lead to some real immoral behaviour when monied interests want it that way. It can be wielded to contend with the will of the people, making it a potential enemy to democracy.

    The intermediary is supposed to be government. Supposed to be...

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  • No AIPAC funded Democrat has endorsed him. Including many prominent voices in the party.

  • There is so much obvious astroturfing on reddit.

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  • Same story. One year ago. That and stopping drinking are some of the best choices I've made in a long time.

    I still use reddit occasionally for its smallest communities where I know I'm still interacting with humans. I assume the top posts are all bot posts with bots flaming bots in the comments. Everyone's time is worth more than that.

  • In Zohran Mamdani’s Win, Socialism Beat the Status Quo

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  • That's great that AIPAC had a backup plan

  • must be human nature

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  • Cerrainly not war on this scale.

    WW1 was trenches and mustard gas.

    Now world leaders can nuke an Arby's an easy as they can order Arby's on Doordash.

    That's gotta create an underlying sense of "well, we have it, why not use it?"

    The recent Israel-Iran conflict is a perfect example of this. The initial attack accomplished nothing (set their nuclear program back by what, months?) and the response was equally meaningless.

  • 128 Democrats join House Republicans to block AOC, Al Green bid to impeach Trump

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  • Ro Khanna, Hakeem Jeffries and of course Nancy Pelosi.

  • Andrew Cuomo concedes New York Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani

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  • They're acting as close to a controlled opposition as ever before.

  • Right wingers going all out for Cuomo

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  • When you're backed by AIPAC, you don't have to ever give up.

  • Andrew Cuomo concedes New York Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani

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  • If performative ethics were an Olympic sport..

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  • Capitalism is important but it is a downstream effect of a society that does not prioritize egalitarian values.

    A lot of the issues that hyper capitalism has caused can trace their nexus back to Reagan, who had majority support from Boomers at the time and whose policies have disproportionately enriched Boomers at the expense of future generations.

    Even more recently a majority of Boomers have supported Trump, who appears to be accelerating the "sell out the public's future for private riches now" ideology.

    Unfortunately for us and them, this will be their legacy. Many of us are waiting eagerly for them to step away from positions of prominence in key institutions so that the rebuilding process can begin, if it's not already too late.

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  • I'm aware. In ancient hunter gatherer societies elders often accepted death gracefully once their care needs became a burden on the tribe. They knew that their final purpose was to look out for the greater good.

    Things changed with the advent of civilization and especially modern medicine. Modern society has minimal if any comfort with death. If anything it fights it to the point of embracing the unnatural.

    Boomers have been a burden for some time now. That doesn't mean they have to disappear nor are they the only generation in human history that has had a negative impact. But it's notable to the point that an asterisk will be put next to their era. They inherited, in many ways, a world of plenty (relative peace and abundance) and have left us with a world of scarcity (whether artificial or real).

    That does not mean there aren't absolutely incredible people that are a part of this generation. But collectively, they have either actively or passively allowed institutions to be steered towards complicity with mass suffering and that will not be soon forgotten.

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  • I think Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are or will be better, especially with regard to parenting self awareness, but the reality is boomers have left us with a world where having children is financially unfeasible so it won't matter. But we can follow up in a few decades and see where things are at. I think Boomers will certainly be remembered a certain way (collectively).

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  • Doubtful. The boomers are uniquely self serving as a group and have a sort of cruelty brain rot bug that may or may not be lead poisoning.

    Many are obsessed with entrenching themselves within institutions, creating a poor work life balance (while blaming the rest of us for not sacrificing as much) leading to fragile interpersonal relationships that are centered around 'keeping up with the Joneses' rather than creating a meaningful sense of community.

    Most younger generations blame boomers for having a good life and then promptly shutting the door in their children's faces.

    We have survived 500,000 years as a species because past generations cared about the world they left behind for their descendants. Boomers, instead, are collectively focussed on enriching themselves by putting our future at risk as collateral.

    As a generation, they will not be remembered well. Many of us wish they would simply step aside so we can fix the mess they've propogated.

    Tl;dr: There is more to this than the usual young vs old dynamic.

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  • Perhaps there is an element of that but I think many people are bracing for a repeat of the Iraq weapons of mass destruction scenario so they're starting early with using humor as a coping mechanism.

    Many also feel that Israel's current government is a fascist genocidal regime that very likely will be the instigator of WW3. Which should be a lesson to humanity in general on fascism as those that face the greatest trauma (as they did in WW2) are often more open to the extremes of nationalism and ethnic cleansing.