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Bernard Marks · 5w
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ShovelTrouble profile picture
@nprofile1q... Kleptocracy is definitely one name that fits what's going on these days.

Now to wonder how much of this end user experience and negative health outcomes for many is deliberate on some level versus just fantastically unlucky.
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Bernard Marks · 5w
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ShovelTrouble profile picture
That is actually a good question.

I know corn gets some kind of subsidies, but the larger picture of how food production gets to the store front is a bit lacking as far as the economic side of things go.

#food #decline question

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Bernard Marks · 5w
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Dad · 5w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqk3cda5gvz8yp02zu5zqrf3tcckt6q4sh5xn3fhd8jy455fle5udszez799 going to another country to get it removed is looking more attractive. https://www.treatmentabroad.com/cost/kidney-stone-removal/
Dad · 5w
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Dad · 5w
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Chaotic Good-ish Barbarian · 6w
Incompetent to stand trial.
Bernard Marks · 6w
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teto :fedora: · 7w
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獣耳会社wan · 7w
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Zeb 摆烂 · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqk3cda5gvz8yp02zu5zqrf3tcckt6q4sh5xn3fhd8jy455fle5udszez799 If you stop the money printing and tax the population directly for all those services, the situation will improve: taxing around 80% of people's incomes will trigger their survival inst...