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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 83 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

#1 Rent and housing - costs of housing are unsustainable

#2 Affordable transit - prices and sizes of cars are unsustainable

#3 All other cost of living - people buying groceries on emergency funds

Nearly all of this can be pointed at a number of big business cartel-like behavior: Air BNB, Price Fixing, Layoffs, Inexplicably high corporate profits, fraud and abusive behavior by individuals and businesses.

Fund the welfare state for god's sake.

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 22 points 4 months ago

Fund the welfare state for god's sake.

Not gonna happen; why do you think they sacked Bernie twice in the primaries?

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

It will never happen if people just say “it’ll never happen” instead of joining the voices and being an advocate for that change!

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

By the time it does happen all the rioters in the streets will be geriatric

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Older folks can certainly frustrate if given the wherewithal. I can be an old bastard marching my walker down the street and holding up traffic.. but I think Bernie won’t be around then.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Government officials better hope I am not able to retire. Between catching up on the video games I've missed out on I'll be parking my ass at the court house with a protest sign. Give me unlimited free time, I dare you.

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Unfortunately, a small handful of voices with large pocketbooks are the only ones they listen to.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

You mean I actually have to DO something instead of just sharing my opinion on the internet?!?

this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2024
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