"to the extent that people believe they can benefit socially and economically from the Communist Party staying in power, the system is working" :michael-laugh:
It's so funny because like under neoliberal capitalism the default for the bottom 99% is a life that's so miserable that suicide seems like a good option, and this is just accepted as the norm. So when they see the CCP actually enriching working people's lives it's obviously "authoritarian". The USA is such a failed state it's almost like a bad running joke at this point.
Literally my parents have changed from "the government is here to make sure people are safe" to "the government is here only to regulate business, but also we need deregulation and the govt to stay out of business"
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I found it here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/03/life-inside-chinas-social-credit-laboratory/
"to the extent that people believe they can benefit socially and economically from the Communist Party staying in power, the system is working" :michael-laugh:
The dastardly CCP maintaining an iron grip on power by MAKING PEOPLE'S LIVES MATERIALLY BETTER!
It's so funny because like under neoliberal capitalism the default for the bottom 99% is a life that's so miserable that suicide seems like a good option, and this is just accepted as the norm. So when they see the CCP actually enriching working people's lives it's obviously "authoritarian". The USA is such a failed state it's almost like a bad running joke at this point.
Amerikkka be like "Ask not what your government can do for you"
Oh really dumbfuck? If the government doesn't do anything for the people then why the hell do we have one? :kropotkin-shining:
To bail out carnival cruise lines and wage wars to grab resources, especially water in the future.
:agony-limitless:
:agony-deep: is just me 24/7. Like everything is breaking down in real time. But hey I'm on prozac now so maybe it'll take the edge off!
Literally my parents have changed from "the government is here to make sure people are safe" to "the government is here only to regulate business, but also we need deregulation and the govt to stay out of business"
It's real
Sounds very Think-tanky, so I'm assuming yes