In the Booming Twenties, all decision-making is about protecting the value of financial assets held by older people. Therefore, the number must go up. And nothing else matters.

This is probably the single best article about modern US politics and economics.

  • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Things in America, in other words, are getting worse, very quickly, for most of us, while a small group does quite well. The Epstein saga is just a gossipy way to convey that narrative.

    The article makes some good points, but that is incredibly dismissive of a child rape ring.