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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The system created Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Andressen. The Supreme court allowed citizens united. The system allowed companies to poison our environment. Seems the system is working as intended.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So Maybe, the great filter isn't nuclear war, maybe it isn't falling birthrates, maybe it isn't climate change. Maybe the great filter is money?

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And getting rid of the two party system is the answer. Maybe in 1796 when there was 35,726 voters it worked. Money is only a part of the problem.

Power is filter too. The same reason we don't correct the police in the U.S.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

and where does power and influence come from? It's The accrueation of capital.