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minus-squareArtZuron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoConsidering lots of folks knew it wasn’t going to work even as he was pushing for it, it’s not a surprise. We’ve known this for decades
minus-squareArtZuron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes exactly. It wasn’t ever actually meant to help most people. It was dressed up pretty-like to fool an entire generation of rubes who are blind to what it did to their children and grandchildren
Considering lots of folks knew it wasn’t going to work even as he was pushing for it, it’s not a surprise. We’ve known this for decades
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Yes exactly. It wasn’t ever actually meant to help most people. It was dressed up pretty-like to fool an entire generation of rubes who are blind to what it did to their children and grandchildren