this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

Its called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.

[–] IcyToes 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Sure it's climate change, and not greedy billionaires pushing neoliberalism (and fascism).

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

The billionaires are trying to make an extra dollar before we all die from climate change.

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Both. They’re pushing fascism because they see the end is in sight due to climate change, and want to kill off the majority of us and enslave the rest.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago
[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Again? I thought income inequality already upended it.

If climate change upends it again, doesn't that mean it would be right-side-up?

[–] pyr0ball@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

They confused the polarity

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Could upend? are these people living under a rock? The American dream has been a nightmare for decades now.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gotta love capitalist news for assuming that it's a good thing to "accumulate wealth" by denying basic human needs in a pyramid scheme on finite land.