Gpennyhigh

@Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wealth inequality will destroy America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like the excess sugar and bad fats most Americans eat everyday and think their chronic issues are normal, but it’s all the shit foods, and they don’t care, numb on junk food and their viral slop algorithm is all they do with the oppressive inequality they keep voting for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Threat" to America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the tradition of punching down on others when they get their turn and the owners went so far they used slavery, but had to walk that back, but still try to pay workers as little as possible and hoard the rest for themselves to live richly and separate from the common masses. They want less for other workers rather than more, it’s sad. Want better for all people, not just self, that’s selfish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley’s billionaires’ wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The wealthy and powerful want to keep their control over people with the “good insurance” that many still have financial issues and bankruptcies with it, which is wrong. Reducing this scarcity along with others like paid leave helps people live better lives, and the owners don’t want that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The bosses don't pay their workers. Workers pay their bosses.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead distractions over exact numbers, apply Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Does the pattern of owners profiting more from workers’ labor, and compensate as “market allows”, hold true regardless of the specific dollar amounts?

  Let us not nitpick numbers as a distraction, but instead focus on the trend and the systemic issues of low wages, inferior benefits compared to many other nations, so they have less artificial scarcity and better lives. Demand better for all, not less for others!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental health professionals rarely allow you to talk about the socioeconomic factors too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We can see the trend of worse health outcomes and other quality of life regression, when people have less of the profits from their employment and basic things that reduce artificial scarcity, which workers in many countries enjoy. Death and illness of desperation, another name for artificial scarcity, is reduced by proven methods that places with them would never accept the system usa workers do. Unite for better life for all, including minorities, groups have changed over time but punching down on them or anyone is wrong and unacceptable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's funny how once a country has Universal Healthcare they never give it up.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At the core, MAGA and similar high-control groups reject universal systems that reduce suffering, like healthcare, paid leave and climate action, because they require shared responsibility, which conflicts with their hyper-individualist, anti-collectivist worldview. Instead, they promote piecemeal, market-based solutions that prioritize corporate profits while shifting costs to individuals.

  This isn’t just bad policy, it’s a deliberate choice to maintain power for a few at the expense of many. Many countries have much lower per-capita costs, better health outcomes and longer life expectancy than the US. Even red states like Arkansas and Montana expanded Medicaid and saw reduced mortality, lower medical debt and improved mental health.

  These solutions work when seriously implemented, and they would work here too if enough people prioritized collective well-being over selfish ideologies masquerading as virtue. The decline in quality-of-life measures in the U.S. over the past decade reflects this failure. Doubling down will make all this worse, even though the propaganda from controlling groups will keep blaming minorities and other red herrings and many will fall for it as they do sadly. We really can break free from the indoctrination and see the truth!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Billionaires have spent a fortune making sure you hate Socialism.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ultimately, maga’s unhealthiness is they refuse to adapt to reality, whether that’s climate science, economic data, or global best practices. Their policies actively make life worse for most Americans while enriching a tiny elite. The tragedy is that many of their own voters would benefit from the very systems they oppose, but corporate propaganda, tribalism and proudly choose to stay in dualism, keep them voting against their own interests repeatedly. Until that changes, the US will continue to lag behind nations that prioritize people over profits. Real truth sets us free!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not saying this is Hell, but it's pretty fucking close⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See the other reply and that’s really sad I hope he will be ok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not saying this is Hell, but it's pretty fucking close⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not true in all places and often people “feel like” things are worse than they are, but yes some really are stuck, and more right-wing policies will make it worse. I worked since I was 14 but didn’t start career until 2000. I spent within what I made, while friends didn’t and they had financial issues. I worked hard at various jobs and had student loans that I paid off, paid rent, food, car, all of it. I fully agree that companies need to pay more, better benefits and universal healthcare, and we will only get those for all, if enough politicians are elected at once to pass big reforms. It sucks if it’s really impossible to cut costs and learn new ways that MMM and others do, and it’s not just higher incomes if you look into it. There is a post for jobs over $50k w/o degree, which is old so incomes should be more than that now. Ask how can you make this work rather than why it’s impossible, you can do it! It is sad that some get stuck in a hole to start and keep digging in deeper, when they could learn how to do better. (not my blog but learned a lot from it and leanfire skills improve life generally) mrmoneymustache.com/2012/05/11/food-rules-a-shortcut-to-better-health/

  mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-zero-to-hero-in-one-blog-post/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They say, "You'll have to wait". It's a bullshit argument against Universal Healthcare.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And many go bankrupt with insurance, what a bad system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We can see how using taxes better helps people in many other countries and states, and like this where he can do good work that helps people and society, as public servants are supposed to do. People see it but don’t care. Just look up how much is spent per person for healthcare in countries and their health outcomes. Basic things are getting worse in us due to unhealthy policies they chose. It’s too hard to pass the big changes we want w/o supermajority and for long enough to maintain them. Even if things are passed that they want, they swing the other way a few years later due to propaganda, and it gets destroyed again. Stop doing that, support unions and the politicians that actually do too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not saying this is Hell, but it's pretty fucking close⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not always, but often, people can save more and retire <60yo if they learn about it and plan ahead. Some people’s identity is too tied to work and worry about losing that. Of course companies should pay workers more and have benefits like in better countries, including healthcare for all, so boss can’t use that leverage. Healthy lifestyle reduces common health issues too, cook at home healthy, mindfulness and be active. It all works together, simple living, improve skills for more income, side work, and DIY saves money, live healthier, keep adding FIRE skills for better health and retirement fund. Mustachians unite!