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[–] 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.