stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 1 month agoif you're not free to become poor, homeless, and starving, are you really free?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down183
arrow-up1223arrow-down1imageif you're not free to become poor, homeless, and starving, are you really free?slrpnk.netstabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 1 month agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·1 month agoIt also helps to not have a brutal dictatorship in charge. Thankfully we only have a plutocracy!
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoIsn’t it more of a corporate geritocracy?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOnly in that those with money tend to be older, as they’ve had longer to accumulate wealth. Age is only a secondary consideration to money. Plenty of old people are getting just as squeezed as everyone else, just with less recourse.
It also helps to not have a brutal dictatorship in charge.
Thankfully we only have a plutocracy!
Isn’t it more of a corporate geritocracy?
Only in that those with money tend to be older, as they’ve had longer to accumulate wealth.
Age is only a secondary consideration to money. Plenty of old people are getting just as squeezed as everyone else, just with less recourse.