• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    This is America! It’s not a horrific tragedy with lives lost, many others seriously injured or afflicted with new long-term health problems, their most precious possessions reduced to ash, countless people being made homeless with absolutely no options for places to go… it’s an opportunity!

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      1 hour ago

      It seems to me the only way to win at capitalism is to lose all sense of compassion and empathy. When a population turns from cooperation to wholly exploiting each other it can only lead to a breakdown of society - which is something I fear we’ll witness in the next four years.