Alsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1832arrow-down1external-linkThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlAlsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUmeU@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·edit-23 days agoI have always said that so long as McDonalds has a hot burger for a few bucks on every street corner, there will not be a revolution in the US. Rather than starving to death, we have an obesity epidemic along with an opiate epidemic, which prevents the revolution from getting up off the couch. Not trying to claim a conspiracy here, just the way things are.
minus-squarethreethan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoMcDonald’s charging $10-20 for shit-tier burgers in some of the US:
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoMcDonald’s is expensive now. A double cheeseburger was a dollar a few years ago, sure. But it’s almost that much for a single nugget these days. A hash brown is 3.50 at the one by my office.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIt only takes about 3% of the population to push effective revolution. That’s still over ten million people. We might be getting close.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAhhh so the Wall-E form of public control. I can see it
minus-squarex0chi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoJust offer free food and specially free opiates if they start a revolution. There’s many means to a end
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoConspiracies happen in secret. There’s no hidden agenda, just the publicly-stated agenda.
I have always said that so long as McDonalds has a hot burger for a few bucks on every street corner, there will not be a revolution in the US.
Rather than starving to death, we have an obesity epidemic along with an opiate epidemic, which prevents the revolution from getting up off the couch.
Not trying to claim a conspiracy here, just the way things are.
McDonald’s charging $10-20 for shit-tier burgers in some of the US:
McDonald’s is expensive now.
A double cheeseburger was a dollar a few years ago, sure. But it’s almost that much for a single nugget these days.
A hash brown is 3.50 at the one by my office.
It only takes about 3% of the population to push effective revolution. That’s still over ten million people. We might be getting close.
Ahhh so the Wall-E form of public control.
I can see it
Just offer free food and specially free opiates if they start a revolution. There’s many means to a end
Conspiracies happen in secret. There’s no hidden agenda, just the publicly-stated agenda.