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[–] 195 points 2 months ago (15 children)

"What happened?" are you for real?

Did you not read any newspaper, watch any news, or generally exist in society since 2016?

First you decided to bazooka yourselves in the foot with the Brexit vote, then went through a revolving clown show of increasingly bizarre political sideshow pieces that pretended to be PM, before finally opting to negotiate an EU exist that was about as disastrous as it could've been for your economy.

Add in the fact that the entire world has been turning to shit around you due to despotic leaders trying to rape their neighbours/the climate/populace/actual kids/everything joined by a cabal of evil billionaires who are gleefully destroying democracy and the world economy so they can go out in one final last hurrah of capitalism, and you have the audacity to ask "What happened?"?.

I seriously can't with these "I don't do politics" idiots anymore.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I'd say a good 50% of people are not paying attention to current events/politics, then 40% who follow somewhat but don't really understand as they lack the critical thinking skills necessary to actually process the information and end up parroting the talking points of their preferred media, and then finally 10% who realize just how fucked everything is.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    evil billionaires who are gleefully destroying democracy and the world economy so they can go out in one final last hurrah of capitalism

    They need to set the all time high scores list before they end the world. I'd say "/s" but honestly I think that may be what they're doing.

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    [–] 53 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    Remember, folks: if you saw someone shoplift food? No. You didn't.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    Now imagine every tenth customer starts stealing.

    Now the company has to increase prices to compensate for the loss of profits. We all start paying for the shoplifters, ridiculous, right?

    But who are we really protecting by paying more, though? The shoplifters or the company? Who's REALLY the parasite here? The rich company or the person forced to steal?

    EDIT because I might've not made my point clear - if we eliminate the company and replace it with public services, there would be noone to take profit and thus no need to hike the prices.

    Privatization is evil. The idea of profit is parasitic.

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    [–] 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I just bought groceries at Kroger and at the self checkout they flagged me as a potential shoplifter for having my helmet in my basket

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  • [–] 71 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This right here. This right here is why I fucking hate when ppl dismiss surveillance and data collection, eg. "idc if they want to know i went to work and then Starbucks" etc..

    They absolutely make assumptions about us based on statistical analysis of the data they have and then the systems they control treat us based on those assumptions, however wrong. Dynamic pricing is now a thing because they know enough to target subgroups of their customer base to price gauge more efficiently.

    Information is power and people are extremely fucking cavalier about empowering the most exploitative and cruel ppl in society, business leaders.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    As someone who stole from the supermarket all the time in college, I just wanna say that the need is starting to foment in recent times for me. The social contract is growing cracks now that I can’t see retirement and financial stability in my late 30s.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I consider it a public service to steal from businesses that destroy local economies, engage in union breaking and lobby against basic human rights.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    They’re putting armed guards at supermarkets near me right now lol.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago

    you keep making bad decisions and your politicians exacerbate them

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

    They've been doing this for the last 15 years, people steal them and sell them in pubs. Premium steaks are not feeding world hunger.

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    [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    People have become so poor that the people blocking them from food have chosen to forfeit their lives.

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    [–] 15 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    So it’s not just us, billionaires are bleeding everyone to death, globally.

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    [–] 14 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Nobody should have to pay for food ever.

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    For Christ's sake boys, we're stealing fuckin meat

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    I don't think people are stealing the steaks for their nutritional value, so that is still not the right framing.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    It's never bread or carrots that get a security tag. Always the luxury products...

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    $10 bucks says they wanted to bring this topic to immigrants.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Crime is so low they forgot what they tags are supposed to be used for!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I was going to say they could use like a pocket knife to cut it off, but then I realized where this was.

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    [–] 6 points 2 months ago*

    Apparently Ben Graham, the one who tweeted this, is a Reform supporter so, obviously not a valid voice

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