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Midnight Writer

(25,883 posts)
6. Nothing works the way it is supposed to anymore. Nothing.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:10 PM
Yesterday

Not our government, not our healthcare, not our consumer goods, not our churches.

Everything has been bought up, stripped of useful parts, and sold back to us: inferior products at a much higher price.

Customer service is dead. Responsible corporations are scarcer than hen's teeth. Moral leaders are immoral. Scoundrels are seeking government positions so they can loot and bully instead of serving. Terrible people are getting ahead while good people are getting pissed on. Propaganda and outright lies are the rules rather than the exception. Folks seem to be getting ruder, cruder, and more ignorant. Thousands of people at a time are losing their jobs and their health insurance and finding out about it in an e-mail.

The middle class is being murdered. The American Dream of working hard and achieving financial security is dead. Home ownership, farm ownership, small business ownership is out of range of average folks and getting worse as oligarchs buy all the property and all the laws. Corruption and greed and hate are now being sold to us and labeled as religion. Expertise and education and experience are now considered "bad".

All these things are trending the wrong way, at a faster and faster pace. We will have a bunch or trillionaires within a couple of years. If you think billionaires are eating this country, wait until the Age of the Trillionaires.

I am almost thankful that my time on Earth is about to expire. I don't want to see the rest of this movie.

Flagrant price gouging is a big one. People are starting to understand what its like when so few own so much Cheezoholic Yesterday #1
I regularly fantasize about the methods of the French Revolution being applied here in America today-- Jack Valentino Yesterday #19
Lol, yes I use the metaphor loosely. The French Revolution didn't exactly end well for the French people ;) n/t Cheezoholic 14 hrs ago #25
Actually it eventually did end well for the French people. Ritabert 12 hrs ago #30
Recently bought a new t-shirt that has a cartoon Hey Joe 11 hrs ago #31
Yeah, that's called capitalism. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #2
No to mention the incorporation of A.I. into customer service. Crowman2009 Yesterday #3
When you call customer service.... SergeStorms Yesterday #4
I'd rather talk to Bangalore than to an AI bot DBoon Yesterday #5
and that's not saying much DinahMoeHum Yesterday #8
Not to mention, both are hard to understand! slightlv Yesterday #12
You mean "Jessica"? Yeah, I've talked to her too Takket 14 hrs ago #27
Yeah, Jessica, or.... SergeStorms 7 hrs ago #33
Nothing works the way it is supposed to anymore. Nothing. Midnight Writer Yesterday #6
I could not have written this better myself! slightlv Yesterday #13
Because people keep voting for fascist conservatives who don't give a shit about us? Initech Yesterday #7
Online shopping has to be a contributor. LisaM Yesterday #9
It's dealing with insurance that drives me nuts BeneteauBum Yesterday #10
Didn't see a lot of hope in the article. Raven123 Yesterday #11
Anger over blatant company greed over developing or maintaining a reputation for service is on the rise. Aussie105 Yesterday #14
Seriously? America is a GIANT ripoff now. johnnyfins Yesterday #15
I purchased a Hart product mgardener Yesterday #16
I'm sick and tired of getting nickel and dimed JoseBalow Yesterday #17
Prices keep climbing and products samplegirl Yesterday #18
And these foreign corporations buying out our local businesses Farmer-Rick Yesterday #20
The United States of RIPOFFFFFFFFFFFF johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #21
Is QA still a thing? moondust 23 hrs ago #22
Former QA Officer F-18_AMO 23 hrs ago #24
EV Purchase (short version of a long story) F-18_AMO 23 hrs ago #23
Easy times make soft men. OC375 14 hrs ago #26
Shrinkflation and enshittification Freddie 13 hrs ago #28
When I call customer service and get the run around, I ask to speak to the supervisor. When, on occasion, that Raftergirl 12 hrs ago #29
Isn't living in a deregulated capitalist society so great? Initech 9 hrs ago #32
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