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[–] echo@lemmings.world 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's a chance I'm willing to take since the status-quo is already failure.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You did not get your trickle down yet?

[–] echo@lemmings.world 7 points 11 months ago

Oh there was plenty of trickle, but not the kind that was promised.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Failure? Most of the world's people are much, much poorer than even poor Americans, so things could be better but they also certainly could be a lot worse.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 11 months ago

Most of the world's people are much, much poorer than even poor Americans

Cope harder dear

[–] echo@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

And that is the Trump and capitalist goal... to take that little bit the American poor still have.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

clicks to see why they think that

PAYWALL

I guess that answers that question.

Yeah, I could find a way around it, but paywall screams both money grab and manufactured news, so nah.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

paywall screams both money grab and manufactured news

How so? It seems like a basic "money can be exchanged for goods and services" sort of thing and I don't see any connection between it and a source's reliability or lack thereof.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 11 months ago

Then call it a free market decision. Or caveat emptor. Show me your wares...no? Okay, then.