this is my favorite version of that meme btw

There's a very weird but common misconception that people on disability benefits are somehow a "drain on the economy." But 100% of that money will be spent, on things like rent, mortgage, insurance, food, clothing, and so on. That's money that immediately goes to business owners and, if those business owners aren't hoarding wealth, will cycle through the rest of the economy.

Drains on the economy are where money stops moving, like, for example, when it reaches wealthy billionaires.

@laxla they do the thing of treating political quacks and extremists as if they're equally legitimate as everyone else

@laxla yeah totally. TLDR is really deep into fake balance, and I find their coverage of geopolitics naive

That said, TLDR News consistently sucks tho lol

An interesting thing about Nebula is you can see, directly, the choices a creator makes when they aren't pressured by algorithmic bullshit, by comparing to their YouTube presence (the decisions are always better on Nebula)

@b2c the second most masto response

people talk about "hostile architecture" but really it feels like everything now is hostile. price gouging, hidden fees everywhere, insurance not actually doing anything, almost everything being some sort of scam, arbitration clauses, "licensing" instead of owning, every new product and service just being a way to steal your personal data, name something that isn't hostile at this point

embrace and extinguish
🧛 embrace and exsanguinate