It’s not about opinion, there is scientific studies that give you evidence how the democratic interest of the vast majority is not represented, but the rich.

There are also historical theories that explain why this neo-fascism was the inevitable outcome of neoliberal policies, because material conditions degraded. That’s why it’s happening everywhere, not just the US.

The democrats shifted to the right, or away from social democratic policies since Trump not because they are winning strategies - but because they know the alternative for the voter is even worse. So policy not according to being able to win, but being able to gain and maintain power (donors, influence) and wealth.

Policy currently has absolutely nothing to do with ideals, ethics or ideology. Those are just pretty words sold to the masses.

You’ll need drastic changes, a purge and redistribution of wealth and power and the news and social media.

Time to block this community lol

People, in general, do not work for material gain. They work because they have to in order to live, procreate and raise their children. People want a minimum amount of prosperity and economic safety. Beyond that, they want to work in a way and a place that fulfills them. Work itself is fun when done right, and working with others is awesome. Not even the “smart ones” or whatever work mainly for material gain in general. There are an overwhelming amount of counter examples to any variation of your claim. It would be more accurate to say people work for fame and glory, or to get laid (again reproductive success).

But even if what you said was true, it does not justify a complete monopoly. You could have something like “congrats you patented a new idea - if it catches on you will get a free house as a price!”

Of course you know all this and are just arguing facetiously. If “the person who can solve climate change” does anything but trade stocks they would contradict your argument. There is no money in inventing climate solutions. But nice insult to the people who are working on things like that.

Your actual argument is that we reward gambling and non-productive activity too much. That the smartest people are not working towards the survival or wellbeing of humanity, but for… crumbs off the table of the capitalists. That our economic system is not efficient in working towards our shared human values.

Patents mean genocide.

They slow down adoption of innovation and raise prices to levels the market can afford. With the existential need to change and improve like 50% of all industrial processes, this results in too slow change. It never mattered if climate change is anthropogenic or not.

Source seems to be: https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/06/22/another-woman-comes-forward-accusing-jared-leto-of-abuse-and-sexual-misconduct/

So I first met him when I had just turned 17 and he was 33. I met him after a 30 Seconds to Mars concert. He was immediately flirtatious. And I want to make it clear, I thought this was cool at the time. I was a senior in high school from a small town. This was a big celebrity. And he was handsome. I thought it was cool. I would say by the second show, he had started to move from just like flirting to saying things of a more sexual nature.

I don’t know enough history of WWI but it certainly feels like this to me. Like the climate wars have started, but everyone is being gaslit into thinking it’s just this or that reason or bad guy.

You can just feel this tension in the zeitgeist, like “oooh these liberal cucks don’t want us to nuuuuke someone, oh no, they’d really get soooo maaaad about nuking a little, would really be a shaaaaame hahaha”

Like if you’d make a referendum on whether or not to sell a few nukes to Ukraine, it would totally go through.

It’s sort of like a pre-emptive exaggeration. It’s definitely possible WWIII starts with this. Ukraine, Trade War, Iran, then Taiwan and India-Pakistan. There is a non-zero chance it will escalate without stopping.

But by making fun of this “hysterical overreaction” now you prevent any serious anti-war opposition from gaining ground. At least that is what the psychological effect of this is: calming down the libs.