So, by all data and measurements, it is absolutely as bad for you as everyone else. If you don’t realize that, or refuse to admit it, that’s a different thing.

However, unless you are an elite or a “special case” who worked at a deal with the orange turd, you’re just as bad as the rest of us.

Lie to yourself, but don’t lie to us. We know better.

1y ago

In Trump’s America, There’s Democracy Only When He Wins

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EleventhHour @lemmy.world 1y ago

1y ago

"Please take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on

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EleventhHour @lemmy.world 1y ago

“Why is Trump doing exactly what we voted for?“

It’s getting harder and harder to enjoy the faces being eaten by these leopards, especially because it affects everyone else, too.

I guess the only hope is that there are fewer of them than there are of us. Eventually, we’ll be the only ones left.

Hopefully…

1y ago

In Trump’s America, There’s Democracy Only When He Wins

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EleventhHour @lemmy.world 1y ago

No, there isn’t, because he very explicitly wants absolutely nothing to do with democracy, and what he does want is the literal polar opposite ofdemocracy: fascism.

Calling what he wants “democracy“ only legitimizes his lies when he says he desires it.

Trump is the classic definition of a fascist, and what he wants is fascism. But he especially wants his idiot followers to Believe that fascism is “democracy“.

1y ago

Believe it or not, this is a cat

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EleventhHour @lemmy.world 1y ago

Oh, I believe it

1y ago

Elon Musk followers turn on him after he backs importing 'super talented engineers'

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EleventhHour @lemmy.world 1y ago

The education available in the United States is excellent. Just not for everyone. Just like healthcare in the United States. The best healthcare in the world is available here, just not to everyone. Because of money. For those with access to it, the amount they pay for it translates into higher wage requirements.

Due to socialized education in other countries (and more robust and generally available high-quality public education), particularly in developing democracies, the average starting wage for similar talent is much lower abroad.

Musk would never consider an employee who didn’t go to Stanford or Harvard or MIT or a similarly well accredited engineering school. He also wouldn’t consider those candidates because they would have much higher wage requirements which he conflicts with “laziness“. If the richest man on earth ever were actually willing to pay a living wage to Americans, he would still have the top talent he could get elsewhere. But, as a Self interested business person, he only cares about what’s cheaper. Therefore, he integrates anything that isn’t his primary choice in order to make his immoral business decisions appear more ethical. Or at least reasonable.

When it really translates to his: “I would hire American talent, but they feel they deserve to be paid better than what I’m willing to pay anyone other than myself.”