hmmm sounds familiar...

You know what the rich need....more.

Streaming sites for the win ! (I'll give you some if you want)

USA sure has a word to say at this topic ....

The stupidest version of this is paying in advance. Our local had that for a while - thankfully realised how dumb it was for something like A&E, where one has no idea how long it would be before being seen.

Please don't fall for this!if the dude in charge lives in a mansion, have private jets he only in it for the money.. et cetera!

I can confirm that this is not true (the first part).

And an opaque name for the same thing is “neoliberalism”. Which is in no way liberal. It asserts that as long as the rich people are doing well and “the economy” is doing well, everything is fine. So prioritize commerce over all other programs, and treat people’s needs as optional. As long as you cover whatever arbitrary percentage is deemed “enough”, the people left out are ignored, and nothing else needs to be done.

People always mistake religious people with extremists. Religion is not bad in itself but the people taking it too far are : You're free to believe anything as long as you don't harm other human beings or try to impose your beliefs. (And when people think of religion they almost always thing of the big 3, Christian/Muslim/Jew when there are tons of other religions)

Or, The health care system that requires you to have expensive insurance...

The notion that possession of wealth means that it was legitimately earned, as an axiom. It’s been drilled into us for so long that most people just accept it as some sort of natural law, and never question it.

Insurance isn’t necessarily as bad as some people think, although it absolutely can be. The original idea was that people shouldn’t experience financial hardship based on bad things happening that you know can happen but it’s incredibly difficult to save up enough just in case, and you can’t predict when or what bad things will happen. Just over two years ago, I “spent” roughly $10K trying to save a pet’s life. $1K came out of my bank account, the rest came from the insurance I paid every month for the entire 16+ years of her life. Not sure why but I tallied up how much I had paid for insurance for her, her litter mate and another pet who is now in his teens. Turns out I had paid slightly less over the years than the total paid out to provide healthcare whenever they were sick. Last year, the pipeline from city water mains failed, leaking water into my and my neighbours’ property. Fortunately, my house insurance covered $7K of the necessary repairs. I didn’t build the house but the fact the leak happened within my fence line made it my problem. It should never be a problem again and, yes, the insurance payout covers about seven years’ of insurance payments. That’s what insurance should be about. Never having to question if this essential care, repairs or whatever can be afforded. It’s expensive, not going to deny that. However, whenever my pets were ill, I never had to question if I could afford the best treatment available. I got the peace of mind to say, “whatever it takes that is in their best interest, you do that.” That’s why I have insurance.

If it's a group of kind hearted cat owner, VS a group of misogynistic hateful that wanna kill cats... 😿 but I guess that is jot what it meant. Just be kind and that all genders alike, kind to animal and nature we are all good!

Diamonds are expensive because people keep valuing it as such. With everything if we stop buying it, it'll lose value.

You need to vote better! Not for the corrupt that's in it for power and money.

Critical thinking should be taught in school from an early age.

Student loans

Our neolithic ancestors only worked 2 or 3 hours a day. And food was quite plentiful for them. Then they could do whatever they wanted the rest of the time.

This doesn't make sense. Politicians are extremely important. If yours aren't making any difference, you're electing the wrong ones. Ditto if they're making the wrong difference. The real scam is the claim that politicians don't really matter, which is a handy pass for the incompetent and corrupt.

The bank to my recently graduated cousin: take a credit card, it'll help your credit score. The same bank to my recently graduated cousin: credit cards are slow, take a loan to increase it quickly.

Rather unavoidable unless one takes very drastic action as a child.

What balance? lol

It's kinda like this, you walk into a bar and there is 2 gangs brawling. You nope out. You come back later and if you're lucky, the walls are still standing and you can peacefully have a beer. The earth may be damaged but what's left after the bullies and nasties all end each other is there for those who stayed as far as they could get from the hatreds and bigotries which brought the nasties down.

I'm pretty sure that's mostly a USA thing. It's horrendous, I agree, but that's life in a "free" country.

A reverse osmosis filter is much cheaper and more convienient than bottled water and you won't be getting as much microplastics!

You can’t own land. You can only ‘buy’ the right to occupy it for a while. And since it’s inextricably connected to every other square inch of land, the whole “my property I can do anything I want” claim is bullshít. You can’t own land any more than you can ‘own’ the air. It belongs to all of us, so we all get a say in how it’s used.

If you have a passion for a particular field of knowledge you want to be taught and mentored. It's the fees and the requirement to have a college education regardless of whether you want one that is the problem.