Evil_Shrubbery
How can you not also constantly think about things that weren’t, aren’t, and won’t be?
About all the things that have not, cannot, and never can be?
And about the things you can’t even think about, bcs your brainhole lacks enough brains for that?
Or about things that you just never could have or would have thought of?
I would expect the opposite - any uncertainty there ever was is now gone.
“Economy” --> “Financial markets”
And yes, people with savings are beating inflation with yields on their investments, not with wage increases.
The fact that it only increases the inequality and wealth concentration for everyone* but the very few on the top is lost in the timeframe.
*I do mean almost everyone, even with a few mil in savings (stock, bond, real-estate, etc markets) & insane gains for decades now these people are worse off compared to how much monies & power the billionaire class gained.
The illusion of freedom of choice is a powerful tool.
Afaik the system is working as intended, and as operated.
The illusion of freedom of choice is such a powerful weapon, one of the tools you get to control masses.
Yeah, but that can’t possibly be true - which we ofc all know it can’t be, yet what you said is a very standard thing to say.
(Even “killing Hitler” was at that point of no good consequence - but “he” (?) would have been a hero if he killed Hitler at least one year sooner … but also max about 22 years earlier … so he completely missed the window on that “one redeeming quality” as well … so that whole thing is just a nonsense saying.)
Even without or beyond judging the person, it’s the actions, results, and consequences of those actions too.
Which is even more complex, but important for understanding the context.
But it’s def really important to avoid black & white (wrongful) memefication, bcs suddenly the memetic value (the “idea” that the image of Hitler represents to masses on average) is vastly corrupted & serves other purposes.
Ok, I get it, but we really should avoid looking at things/people like Adolfy as black or white - that just makes it a meme & loses actual historical/lecture value.
With Hitler being a one-dimensional idea/meme/brand instead of a human (supported by humans with rational human causes) I’m afraid we are doomed to repeat the same cycle of mistakes.
What I’m saying is that instead of education we have strong propaganda (after a specific date) that taught us this Hitler brand was just & only bad, like it was a spontaneous event. Instead of a full person & a nation (again full of actual people) with voting rights in irl situations.
And propaganda isn’t free, it’s financially fueled, which means it wants something in return.
Monsters are humans. We need to remember that, despite what we are preached.
