Society did pet this happen. You know how many rednecks I run into who think billionaires are just success stories who did a good job? You know how people chose to listen to the anti union propaganda back in the 1950’s onward? Up until around 5 years ago back on reddit I was in the minority on being pro union. The population absolutely allowed this to happen. We have 80 year olds running the country because the 20 year olds are 100% straight up too lazy or apathetic to vote in elections. When only around 30% of the eligible under 30 crowd vote in elections. Go try and do something that’ll change it.
whostosay@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Have you seen what happens when people try to change this? I really don’t understand how you can hand me the list of reasons why this isn’t the case, then turn around and say it is.
The rich have massive wings of propaganda, the rich have the police to beat the fuck out of us for protesting, the rich have access to union busting companies, the rich live in a different world when it comes to access and laws, the rich can buy lobbying.
For us, money is a tool to survive, and we work tirelessly for it. For the rich, money is a tool to protect their control, and they do not work for it. They get to use their time to either relax or to plot new ways to fuck us. So again, no we did not let this happen.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Society allowed themselves to be lead around like sheep and fall for the propaganda. The rich kept saying unions were bad, and you fell for it. They said socialist ideas were bad, and you fell for it. They allowed for all sorts of things that were bad for society, because they said and advertised they were bad for society, and you all bought into it. The people here just fall for the propaganda. For decades and decades. Society allows all the propaganda to shape their opinions instead of thinking for themselves and now we’re neck deep in shit from corruption and greed. The oligarchy needs eliminated and we can’t even manage to get a 25 year old to a voting booth.
whostosay@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s easy to discount it that way but the blame is way more on the rich than it is on the other 99%, and if you can’t see that it means you either are trolling, haven’t looked, or are lying.