▲ 155 ▼ The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 6 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Paywall removed: https://archive.is/U5sKX
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 days ago (1 child) Yeah, there's a place I wanted to go last night, but not only is it a two hour round trip, I have to pay for gas and mileage. So I stayed home. We've really fucked ourselves as a society, building infrastructure that requires everyone to be wealthy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago (1 child) America used to be wealthy, and developed a culture that expected that. Then more and more of the wealth was funneled into fewer and fewer hands. If America had maintained and grew its distributive structures, the impacts would still be a problem but the basic elements of survival wouldn't feel so difficult to obtain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago You bet. We are like the moose covered in ticks. Ever sector of the economy has been parasitized by oligopoly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago (1 child) America used to be wealthy, and developed a culture that expected that. Then more and more of the wealth was funneled into fewer and fewer hands. If America had maintained and grew its distributive structures, the impacts would still be a problem but the basic elements of survival wouldn't feel so difficult to obtain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago You bet. We are like the moose covered in ticks. Ever sector of the economy has been parasitized by oligopoly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago You bet. We are like the moose covered in ticks. Ever sector of the economy has been parasitized by oligopoly. permalink fedilink source parent