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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[-] [email protected] 114 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

college tuition
housing
credit scores
for-profit healthcare
right to work legislation
rugged individualism/grind culture
voting (vote for the lesser of two evils...only two choices that are actually allies when the press isn't around to help them pretend to disagree on social issues)
taxes (I have no problem with taxation if democracy actually existed and our tax funds weren't being funnelled directly to the military industrial complex and corporate handouts without anyone having a say in the matter)
democracy (what the United States and British are trying to pass off as democracy is a complete sham)
sports (the distraction of the masses, anti-intellectualism incarnate)

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

How are sports a scam?

[-] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago

They're basically responsible for 90% of males simply refusing to discuss important issues in politics. They're a distraction and are subject to massive corruption. Did you know that the MLB is actually a state-sanctioned monopoly?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They're basically responsible for 90% of males simply refusing to discuss important issues in politics.

Gonna need you to cite some sources on that one.

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