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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is a quote from Davos awhile back where someone asked the elites how to prevent an uprising they were worried about, and the economist told them 'raise wages'. and the elites just looked at him and ask him for a more practical answer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

"Couldn't we just do one extra pizza party every other year? Peasants like pizza right?"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m sure it has nothing to do with any political choices that have been made over the last decade or so.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Links to another news aggregator rather than directly to article. The article is from Sky.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Ground.news is actually pretty cool. It aggregates all articles it finds on a certain topic/headline, attempts to summarise them, highlights the publications political and general biases.

It's a good way to consume news, in my opinion. Besides - it's one extra click to get to any of the associated articles.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This one?

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-blames-striking-nhs-workers-for-rising-waiting-lists-12923653

The waiting lists were well beyond awry before anyone took any strikes.

The government’s refusal to negotiate continues to be childish.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes peasants fight each other while I let my Crew pocket all that profit.

It used to be worker got fucked and customer got good service, daddy got profit.

Nowadays service is shit, worker is in poverty and daddy got even more profit...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, but have you seen how cheap TVs are? I mean, barely anything else has gotten better and more affordable, but, like, look at the TVs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isn't it great? Now even the poorest of the poors can have 24/7 propaganda beamed directly into their eyeballs in glorious 4k!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They load the clip in, omnicolor, said they pack the nine, fire it at prime time, sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz, and mothafuckas lost their minds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't get those lyrics until I was older...

Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say, "Jump", you say, "How high?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

But when they do well complain in every tabloid that they have the audacity to have a common modern appliance while on benefits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I saw a single mother with an iPhone... That whore can't be that poor!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry for the spelling. I haven’t yet figured out how to edit my own posts on Memmy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You have to have the post open where you can see the comments, then you can click on to find the edit option

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I read the post title three times, and I’m still not completely sure I understand it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rich dude in charge of government blames government's poor service on striking workers, instead of on the conditions that caused workers to strike in the first place, and at the same time delivers his opinion in a way that shows how disconnected he is from the reality that workers struggle through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol that’s on me. Sorry about that. Will try to post better :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It’s all good!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
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