Quote (SBD @ Oct 10 2025 11:32am)

You need to wake up to the fact both parties are content with ruining the country for the middle-class. Both throughout the past 45 years have only made life better for a single class regardless of political affiliation.

Look at what's happening right now. Go to a Kroger. Ai and outsourcing is running rampant. It grew the past few years and now that it's still rough but being semi refined into workable solution is now becoming a pervasive issue.

No longer are the days where a company figures out a margin that works and also keeps customers satisfied. Now the question is well how much can the buyer afford. Food is going to be subject to dynamic and surge pricing why else are they all going to electronic labels. Low levels jobs everywhere are being replaced with ai automation. Real unemployment is horrible, worst post graduate rates in decades.

I'm not attributing the above to either party, I am attributing it to both. Neither serve the working class no matter how hard they might pretend.

Something like 50% of interactions now on the internet are bots, and I'm sure a good portion are to sew discourse and keep people arguing while they ignore the real culprit of their sorrow.

Trans, or redneck people should probably wake up and realize the neighbours are not your enemy. They're not driving your lives into the ground.

People are about to be squeezed for every penny they own in the not so far future on everything. Best of luck arguing over chick's with dicks.

Quote (SBD @ Oct 10 2025 12:31pm)

These are very, very minor problems compared to what corporate america is doing to the middle and lower-class. Very much a distraction to what actually impacts you every-single day, which is having food on the table, affordable transportation and affordable shelter. All of which we are losing control over, delta, uber, walmart, kroger, fucking Wendys, all of them are all adopting AI dynamic pricing models, surge pricing, etc. Trust me, once you wake up and you suddenly went from comfortable middle-class to lower or poverty, you will probably wake up and realize, shit all of those dumb arguments online were not the real issue.

And were seeing more and more of what was middleclass slide to lower.

Quote (SBD @ Oct 10 2025 09:31am)

These are very, very minor problems compared to what corporate america is doing to the middle and lower-class. Very much a distraction to what actually impacts you every-single day, which is having food on the table, affordable transportation and affordable shelter. All of which we are losing control over, delta, uber, walmart, kroger, fucking Wendys, all of them are all adopting AI dynamic pricing models, surge pricing, etc. Trust me, once you wake up and you suddenly went from comfortable middle-class to lower or poverty, you will probably wake up and realize, shit all of those dumb arguments online were not the real issue.

And were seeing more and more of what was middleclass slide to lower.

Quote (Dmitriy @ Oct 10 2025 10:41am)

How is it a minor problem when you admit that it's a distraction made to take away from the main problem? Who is most affected by DEI policies? Poor/Middle class white MEN and Asians. White women benefit the most from DEI.

1979: The middle class was 84% white.
2019: The middle class was 59% white, 12% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 10% other races.

I wonder who is being affected the most here. White men have the highest rate of suicide. Now you may argue that the decline in the ability to afford a house on a steady job is the reason, but why are others able to have many children and continue their legacy?

This is but one tool in their pocket to destroy the middle class, which is mostly whites for now.

One thing i've noticed also is that when you compare Obama deportation stats to Trumps, Trump is lacking. US needs someone with a firm hand.

Quote (SBD @ Oct 10 2025 01:33pm)

There's certainly been demographic shifts, but I am in the opinion that corporate america, which government is always six steps behind on keeping up with, ultimately does not give a fuck about that, they are solely there to bleed everyone equally, bottomline does not care what colour you are, well unless its a product catered to xyz demographic of course.

I think middleclass is being melted because gov't regulation is typically far behind, often gutted to save cost, and we simply have a corrupt system we all accept willingly, just look at congressmen's wealth gains off a simply gov't salary, best investors in the world!

The best talent in pools go to private industry due to compensation packages far outpacing the governments, its not exactly surprising private is always significantly outpacing regulators, regulators just don't have the talent to foresee an anticipate consequences so its damage control rather than prevention.

I was never as worried about tech as I was now. There's always been those screaming that its going to disrupt and ruin jobs, but it always created more. Now though, AI is not creating more than its displacing, automation is more advanced, and you have that paired along with a very favourable corporate environment the USA has created via loose regulations.

I do fret for what is to come.

Quote (SBD @ Oct 10 2025 10:33am)

There's certainly been demographic shifts, but I am in the opinion that corporate america, which government is always six steps behind on keeping up with, ultimately does not give a fuck about that, they are solely there to bleed everyone equally, bottomline does not care what colour you are, well unless its a product catered to xyz demographic of course.

I think middleclass is being melted because gov't regulation is typically far behind, often gutted to save cost, and we simply have a corrupt system we all accept willingly, just look at congressmen's wealth gains off a simply gov't salary, best investors in the world!

The best talent in pools go to private industry due to compensation packages far outpacing the governments, its not exactly surprising private is always significantly outpacing regulators, regulators just don't have the talent to foresee an anticipate consequences so its damage control rather than prevention.

I was never as worried about tech as I was now. There's always been those screaming that its going to disrupt and ruin jobs, but it always created more. Now though, AI is not creating more than its displacing, automation is more advanced, and you have that paired along with a very favourable corporate environment the USA has created via loose regulations.

I do fret for what is to come.

Quote (doomchaser @ Oct 10 2025 06:53pm)

when life threatening injury ..Would you deny anyone if illegal or not? WTF is wrong with Republicans even complaining about this? Maga is evil as hell if this is a issue for them ..pro life they call themselves lol