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Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoYeah, in America control is done with Circus & Bread, with the “Circus” being not just Entertainment (which includes “Faux News”) but also hyper-consumerism, whilst the control via “Bread” being with things like Private Healtcare and Student Loans.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Majority of Americans want things like universal healthcare and gun control. But the money behind the politicians and the shitty design of our voting and representation systems fucks it all up.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I think that both celebrating “working hard” (so, long hours rather than the efficiency of working smart) and having the concept of “shopping theraphy”, are pretty good indications that the entire culture is twisted towards maximizing things that aren’t aren’t good for most people.
It’s a lot deeper and well entrenched than merelly Politics.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Work ethic as it’s called doesn’t oppose the things I mentioned. But yes there is some of that ingrained in our culture, though I’d argue that there is some of that mentality in plenty of more socialist countries as well.