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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We are heading into a feudal system of a sort. The wealth gap is absolutly massive and the only way to end up in the upper class is to inherit. As per usual the population feels that the system is unfair, but is unable to see the real problem. Media is really pushing far right talking points, as the upper class realizes that the system is broken and a real revolution is a problem. Thats how the US ended up with a de facto monarchy. The UK is moving towards that pretty quickly too.

The good news is that Labour might make some really usefull changes. Mainly end first past the post to prevent Reform from taking over. That might very well allow left wing parties like the LibDems and Greens to win more seats and change the narrative.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What makes you think Labour are looking to change that?

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Labour had a bit more then a third of the votes, which is pretty close to were Reform is polling today. However Labour won a massive majority with those votes. If Labour wants to prevent a Reform victory they need to change the election system. It is even worse for the Tories. So long term Tory supporters will cheer them on.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know that makes sense to do, but that's different from them making plans to do it

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

It depends on who "we" are.

If you're in the US, then bad news buttercup - you're already under the thumb of a ruthless insane dictator, and the economy is the last of your worries.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're headed for a revolution, of the French variety.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It's in the making since 1971

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Headed? I would say that we are a looney toon several meters in the air beyond the cliff border after traverse a mountaing through a tunnel painted in the wall with an ACME parachute... and I think that I fell short in the hyperbole

[–] ballgoat@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

We are always headed for a crash. That’s the cycle of capitalism without strong regulatory mechanisms to mitigate it. I believe it is every 4-7 years that a crash has happened in the last 300 years.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Don't worry. Trump is making sure you can get a job picking crops. You'll be living in a tent. No rent, not utilities. You're welcome!

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Slapping on tariffs at a time with inflation, high consumer anxiety, and wage stagnation is going to be looked on as one of the worst moves a president has made.

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He is, without a doubt, the worst and second worst president in the country's entire history.

Trump: "Ah, but you have heard of me!"

[–] nick_99@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

FAKE NEWS TDS, TRUMP IS OUR LAWD N SAVIOR, HE HAS RISEN AND REPLACED JESUS CHRIST. /s

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[–] x3dre1960@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

["Create one's own money as a IOU/ Promissory note, put your thumb print on it's value and signature to it and get others to do the same. Trust it as you would have done so if it were debt based fiat currency. Get your villages and towns to start using it and bingo a new private lawful currency has come to life. :-) ."]

[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You will own nothing, live in the company town, owe your soul to the company store, and be grateful.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (12 children)

And I just found out I need a new job as we are being ordered into the office after they moved it 50 miles away.

Things are not looking good. I think they will hit us with another round of redundancies after some people leave too.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

its called constructive dismissal learn that when they were doing the very first round of layoffs in '23, from reddit.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

brought on by the dismal job prospects of many degree/fields too, even before trump 2nd term.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes degrees are ridiculous nowadays. Graduates are ten a penny and debts are awful

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

before covid hit i was visiting indeed forums and glassdoors quite alot. and found out so many people are like struggling with thier employment. Indeed and glassdoor shut them down, because the employers/companies were threatening the site owners with lawsuits because it made them look bad, because people were reporting how terrible the employers were, unethical business practices,,etc.

i was looking at CLS program(which requires graduate schooling) in cali, and found out everyone wants to come to cali for the program(apparently very few schools actually have these programs , so naturali california was a state they would go to for a better chance in the field.)

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 247 points 3 days ago (68 children)

We're already there. The only reason we aren't calling this a depression is that the stock market hasn't been affected much.

But when 25% of Americans are functionally unemployed, it's hard to argue we aren't already largely 'crashed'.

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The US could poke along forever, North Korea style because our entire country is full of cowards who will just take oppression without any fight.

...the climate, tho. 😬

[–] anonymoushobbyist@lemmy.zip -2 points 23 hours ago

Over-population: Sole reason for everything

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yes. We are heading towards a crash. We are very much already in one, and have absolutley no way out.

Trump killed all US international commerce with his TACO tariffs and is currently propping up a failing stock market by converting medicaid dollars into ICE / TECH BRO MILITARY funding. The stock market keeps doing great because our tax dollars are propping up companies like Google, Plantir, and Amazon through government grants instead of providing us a safety net. That money will run out eventually, but likely not before more CEOs are killed over it.

Literally we are living through the gilded 1920's again but with an American Hitler.

We now have years of uncontrolled inflation well above target rates, a corrupt government, wealth inequality worse than the French revolution, and rampant unintelligent Tariffs hurting all international trade at the cost of every small business in America. These are the same factors that caused the great depression, and if you think it's not going to happen again, you are wrong.

We are a country being lead into disaster by the least competent people imaginable.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember during the big housing bubble in the early 2000s people were telling me "Oh you better buy now" even though down payments were insanely high and I kept thinking "The cost of housing is totally out of whack with incomes. There is no way this can keep going up." Surprise, surprise the whole thing blew up and lots of people were then left with mortgages that cost more than their homes so they were stuck. On top of that the prices were still out of whack with incomes and I still couldn't afford a house unless it was a wreck. I eventually just moved out of the state.

I was just reading how the normal "escape cities", like Miami, for people fleeing high cost areas like San Francisco and Boston/NYC are now almost as expensive. Guess people will have to go to St Louis and Des Moines.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A crash? I'd say we're in a plane from which the pilot decided to press the "eject wings" button.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Why do we even have that lever?

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

More of a slow collapse than a crash. Ever seen a dilapidated house on a country road, parts of the roof caving in, paint chipped, vines covering the yard? We’re working on being that house by slowly letting social and physical infrastructure in the US collapse over time.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

my parents house is like that, lol dad getten older and is too lazy to do anything, he keeps hoping something will magically happen.

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