Imagine being forced to give someone 6.2% of your paycheck, every single check, every month, for 30 to 50 years of your life.
And that person said, "Don't worry, I'm holding this for you and will pay it back to you on a monthly basis, when you retire at 65."
And then they said, "Nah, just kidding. I meant when you retire at 67. And at that time, I'll only give you 70% of what you paid me."
And then they said, "Oops, I spent all your money. You're out of luck."
That's the U.S. government.
@eurofounder Send then an invoice of your own. For example, you can set steps of calm having rented and secured income afforded them. Another for you having left the place in great, undisturbed condition, etc.
Most Americans are not evil.
That would be too simple.
And too flattering.
Evil at least implies intention.
A great many people inside the empire are not intentional enough to be evil.
They are domesticated.
Domesticated by convenience.
By spectacle.
By the narcotic rhythm of paycheck, purchase, panic, distraction.
They live inside a system that trains them to mistake access for virtue.
If I can still buy coffee, things must be normal.
If Netflix still works, collapse must be exaggerated.
If my neighborhood is quiet, the screams must be far away enough not to matter.
That is how imperial consciousness works.
Not as constant bloodlust.
As managed distance.
Distance from consequence.
Distance from production.
Distance from history.
Distance from the people paying for your calm.
And because the distance is moral as well as geographic, the average citizen can participate in atrocity without ever feeling like a participant.
That is the masterpiece.
Not just killing people.
But teaching millions to live comfortably inside the kill chain without ever seeing themselves in it.
This is the stupidity we're talking about: She got an abortion after helping ban them. Blamed the democrats for the struggle she had to get one. And doesn't want interviews talking about it to be public.
You can spend your whole life inside the U.S. narrative and never encounter a single real question.
You will be asked if you support the troops.
Never if you support the wars.
You will be asked if you stand with Israel.
Never if you stand with international law.
You will be asked if you feel safe.
Never if others deserve to.
That is how you manufacture consent.
You do not ban questions.
You just never ask the right ones.
Florida’s shame: It is outrageous that nothing has changed at this Florida women’s prison since my 2015 investigation. We treat animals better than these women. It is truly cruel and unusual punishment. 😢
“How did we go from paper straws to data centres?”
no one listened to the environmentalists who said unchecked corporate pollution was the bigger issue.
I saw a comment saying the U.S. is the only country in the World Cup without universal healthcare. And I was like nahhh no way that's accurate.
20 seconds on the world wide web later, THE UNITES STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.
Hey America,
Hundreds of thousands of Albanians have been in the streets for 21 FUCKING DAYS over Jared Kushner’s plan to turn an island into a billionaire resort.
You’re watching your country get hijacked in real time. Maybe get off the fucking couch?
Up until yesterday, this is how people interacted with the reflecting pool, which we all own. Now, Trump will arrest anyone who puts a finger in the water. How exactly is this freedom that the GOP constantly says we have more of now than ever before? Let's get back to the old way
You CANNOT have hyperwealth without hyperpoverty. A billionaire exists in one country because child labor exists in another.
Stock markets grow by looting countries raw. That’s the reality of capitalism: the misanthropic greed of the rich is fed by devastating the poor.
i work from 7:30 to 14:30 and the union has repeatedly told us not to stay later than the negotiated hours
The idea that you have to work beyond the agreed upon hours or bust your ass on your free time is an inherently American one
if my boss called me on my free time on a weekend or while on leave id report her
Time is the only true finite asset you possess, it ticks down from the moment you were born, dont give it away freely, enjoy your own time as you see fit and reject anything that tries to take that away from you
your time is sacred
I simply don't understand how the US does not have any mechanisms to stop Trump's physical destruction of Washington, DC.
This country appears completley lawless.
ICE deport couple—leave their 2 dogs locked inside their home to die.
They were left without food or water for 1 whole week—until apartment manager went to check on the smell.
"Yes! This is ICE's fault!" said animal welfare guy.
"It is 1000% their responsibility to notify us."
If any law enforcement agency involved knows that there are animals at the scene—they are mandated reporters to animal welfare.
"Why are people coming out of left field to defend ICE in this situation?" he asks.
Incident occurred near Chicago, Illinois.
The Reflecting Pool arrests by Park Police should terrify everyone. The federal government is fabricating accusations out of thin air simply to protect one man from his own embarrassing failure.
There is no sabotage. This is insane.
SERIOUS QUESTION: Now if capitalism is so great, why do corporations need tax breaks, subsidies, exemptions, grants, bailouts, legal protections, and trade barriers to survive ?? And when ordinary people ask for help, why is it suddenly called socialism ??