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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We're going to through the "enshittification" as a society. There was the Great Recession, the DotCom Bust, the Great Inflation, etc.

What is going to matter, is can we use this "enshittification" to benefit society by increasing wages, encouraging social mobility, protecting and enshrining rights for marginalized communities, etc. Building a more inclusive society.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We're at the end stage of capitalism.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A late stage, but not the end. It can get much worse.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We'd all like to think the times we exist in are the most important, the most momentous times. But really everything will probably circle the drain, getting worse and worse for centuries(?) before any real "collapse" happens.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would probably be true if climate change wasn't about to fuck everything up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah you're just dramatising because you've downsized

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is the ultimate result of shareholder theory. after a company hits their efficiency stride based on its resources and theres no more innovation to fuel profit, what else can it do but make shit smaller/less effective/worse. we just need an economic theory that includes broader society in the scope of fiduciary duties that businesses will actually take seriously.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Google can always try to to space lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your hopeful I like you