• mesa@piefed.social
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      7 hours ago

      That only works if we (the collective we) have more money. If a rich person has more $$ than a small country that means the effect we have is equivalent.

      That’s why micron is doing what its doing. We are no longer the customer. They voted for us.

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      11 hours ago

      if the US government were actually funded by taxes, then everything the government does would be with “my money”

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        Well, if you’re a citizen, the country is yours, and the government is there to manage it, but some assholes in power managed to convince people that it’s the other way around