#wealth inequality

[left-reminders]

[politijohn]

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[thoughtportal]

[miiju86]

let that sink in....

[smarmy-yet-satisfying]

In case you were wondering how screwed we all are:

The fossil fuel industry has successfully completed their infiltration and takeover of the COP climate conference. The president of COP 28 is going to be an Oil CEO.

Billions of people are going to die but the rich don’t care so long as they can maintain the status quo and continue lining their pockets.

And I’m supposed to feel bad that a couple of them got themselves squished on a voluntary trip to the bottom of the ocean???

[progressivemillennial]

[queerism1969]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Canada is in deep crisis. It’s unfashionable in centrist circles to say so, but it’s true. The country is literally on fire and facing extraordinary and growing threats from climate change. It is staring down rising extremism, creeping toxic polarization, and low trust. Wealth inequality is on the rise. Its federal system is showing cracks, particularly when it comes to the relationship between Alberta and the national government. Oligopolies and monopolies run wild, exploiting consumers.

There are plenty of other problems too. But of the lot, the confluence of a few major challenges scream, House of cards coming down! Those are the country’s housing crisis, consumer debt, and high — and potentially rising — interest rates. Taken together, they paint a picture of working people staring down lives they can’t afford in the day-to-day. This hellish scenario persists, no matter how hard people work, and no matter how rigidly they follow the rules of the game — rules they were told are fair and just.

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[lilithism1848]

[forgotn1]

Look, one way or another, capitalism is going to come to an end. It's inevitable as it is an unsustainable economic model that seeks to use all resources to create capital for the wealthy. The only choice we have in the matter is whether we kill it to save ourselves or let it go until it kills itself and takes us with it.

Personally, I'd rather kill it than let it destroy the planet and everyone who lives on it.

[republikkkanorcs]

[left-reminders]

[politijohn]

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[thoughtportal]

[smarmy-yet-satisfying]

Anyone else ever feel like bludgeoning oil executives and politicians to death with a rusty pipe over what they’ve doomed us all to?

Capitalism is a death sentence for the human race