• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I wonder if Doctorow has expanded his discussion of Enshittification to talk about the very special cases where Republicans/conservatives are involved in making things even worse than the typical kind…

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    Ah the Covid approach to hurricanes. If you stop looking for them they cease to exist.

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    Wasn’t this known? long before the election. All these things have been earmarked for privatization. Something about some guy who already kissed Trumps ass so he has dibs on government weather data so he can sell it back to you. I remember hearing about his.

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      That moment is actually 100% what made me realize we’re fucked. I waited for weeks for any sign of the public in large to be like, “Yoooo, he legitimately thought he could fool people with that?! It wasn’t a joke?! He might actually be a massive idiot.” Was only met with silence, sadness, and a longgggg road to acceptance.

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    6 months ago

    Attention all Hurricanes! Your target is 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, United States!

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    Closing your eyes and ignoring a problem like it doesn’t exist is something that children, and Republicans, seem to do an awful lot!

    Can’t have hurricanes if you aren’t monitoring them!

    Can’t have COVID deaths if you stop counting!

    Can’t have Government corruption if you terminate any oversight!

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      I believe it’s only done to blame others, if there’ll be a democratic government in the next decade they’ll point and jeer “Look at how many pandemic, medical and environmental deaths there are now, while under maga we had none!”

      They’ll also claim that under maga’s light rules and regulations the economy did better, cheaper cars because they can “pollute” more, cheaper food because of less restrictions on added chemicals etc.

      It’s always been to shift responsibility for negative effects forward.

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        I believe it’s only done to blame others, if there’ll be a democratic government in the next decade they’ll point and jeer “Look at how many pandemic, medical and environmental deaths there are now, while under maga we had none!”

        It’s more insidious than that. Imagine the next democratic government inheriting this mess. They re-open science, education, and oversight departments, who discover shock that things are really bad. MAGA will say, “See, things are bad under YOUR leadership! Can’t blame us!”.

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        Don’t forget actual laws passing in poorly educated state legislatures banning “chem trails” 🤦

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        Who’s going to fund the billionaires? They need a lot of money to keep themselves rich? You think they hoard because they are capitalists? They’re paycheck to paycheck. You should all be ashamed disregarding the cannibalism route as a solution.

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        Honest question, will they ever have an epiphany? Florida having no warnings for hurricanes seems like it’s going to be an issue that affects them.

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    Next it will be a maximum allotment for tornadoes? If the count reaches 12 no more tornadoes are registered?