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this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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As an American I know exactly why my country can’t do the same: Because we are ruled by greedy, short-sighted idiots: the voters.
It's not their fault alone. There are actual people in power -- the closest thing you can get to an actual moustache twirling villain -- actively working to build that world. Additionally, their goals align very well with capitalism's incentive structures.
Yes but the voters still vote for them because voters are greedy, short-sighted idiots.
In Missouri, the ballot proposals that people vote for are consistently overturned by the representatives that people vote for. Right now, it's the ballot proposal that people should get sick leave.
People are completely propagandized to vote against their own interests.
Ironically, the sentiment that people are scum and deserve nothing--or rather, that they are greedy, short-sighted idiots--is also held by the villains in charge. So I'd maybe rethink that sentiment if you want to change things for the better.
I would if I thought things would actually get better.