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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 61 points 4 months ago

Imagine if the ultra rich just paid their taxes so this kind of situation could be guaranteed instead of on the whim of someone who made their fortune on the backs of others.

[-] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 15 points 4 months ago

To logical, we live in the age of unbridled emotion. I mean, think of Musks fanboys. You really want to hurt them by taking their god-kings money away? He needs that money to validate their worship.

I agree with you btw

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If humanity makes it to the point where historians can really examine this time period, I can’t decide if they’ll call it the Age of Uncertainty, the Age of Untruth, or the Age of Emotional Derangement

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Dark Ages 2: Electric Boogaloo

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

If digital archival of data isn't sorted, it might well be a second Dark Age in the sense of being difficult to figure out WTF happened.

[-] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

Hey, if things turn around, and Im keeping hope, they might just call it 'the age of emergance' - emergance refering to a new and better paradigm for how humanity operates and treats itself

I want techno-druids!

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