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Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? (lemmy.world)
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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[โ€“] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unfortunately their house of cards is built on a foundation of wealth...and not just fuck you money, but literal centuries of fuck you money.

The fortune 50 I worked for could literally stop doing all business and maintain their current spend for a century and still be solvent.

This isn't unstable at all...it's built to last for 100s of years...the current leaders to their grandkids will be safe.

To further that...the 1% have private armies and well stocked bunkers to ride out any social uprising. That's the really scary stuff.

We are all fucked though. Enjoy the hunger games.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Those armies are going to want to be paid and that'll be hard to do once currency has no meaning. If we are going to go that route. As a matter of fact, a bunch of the 1% have recently had meetings with "experts" on ways to keep their hired mercenaries from turning on them once things truly collapse.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago

    once currency has no meaning.

    You really think those bunkers are filled with cash Scrooge McDuck style? They'll have food, guns, and likely lots of gold. They'll also very likely be sustainable.

    Keeping the mercs fed and happy is a trivial thing.

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