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    • BreadPrices [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      It's the normalizing of: workers owning less and less through wage stagnation/housing market/everything being a service owned by Amazon, destroying the remaining labour laws, destroying the notion of job security with the gig economy, and all the stuff most people on the left have been talking about for the past forever years. A lot of people (like these Trump guys) are pointing to this like it's some sort of new thing that's just around the corner, but most of us should realize that this is just a natural neoliberal progression. I don't like the term "the great reset" because now it's just some bullshit conspiracy instead of an inherit feature of capitalism.

      • coolfuzzylemur [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        A lot of people (like these Trump guys) are pointing to this like it’s some sort of new thing that’s just around the corner, but most of us should realize that this is just a natural neoliberal progression.

        It's not Trump guys calling it that, the neolibs called it that themselves... https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/

        • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Bourgeois freaks at Davos want to remake the economy into one where you own nothing and everything is rented via Uber-style apps. This sounds like a ridiculous conspiracy theory but it's actually real. It's something neoliberal elites are unironically advocating for.

          • shitstorm [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            "The Illuminati doesn't exist, you leftists sound just like the alt-right."

            "Yes all of the world's rich people meet up every year to discuss how they will steer all of the world's industries and economic policies, it's more efficient that way. Bring all the smart people in a room to talk things out."

            • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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              4 years ago

              The crazy part of Illuminati conspiracy theories (and other similar ones) is the assumption that it all happens in secret. No, the elites just do that stuff right out in the open; they're totally brazen about it, because they know nobody will try to stop them.

            • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Idk but you should listen to the latest trueanon. These people are basically trying to make the AI tech in Westworld a reality. An all-knowing super computer that can predict and manage everything. And by everything I mean every tree, person, animal etc. It really is pretty dystopian, and these people aren't secretive about this, they talk about it on stages and publish books about it.

            • comi [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Have you heard the shaving shit whatever it’s called via subscription? It’s kinda very short leap to your toothbrushes. Food subscriptions already exist, relationship subscriptions are nearly here with tinder, the air is all that’s left. DRM on coffee thingies also exists.

        • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Idk that's more the conspiracy version of it. It's just a generic name for the idea that we're going to have to get everything up and running again after covid, and a lot will probably change in the process

    • T_Doug [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The Shock Doctrine but woke

      here's a pdf of the book if you want to check it out