Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.

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  • ramble81@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    The oligarchs are perfectly fine with a lower quality of life for everyone else if it means their bottom line goes up and they can still afford what they want. In fact it benefits them by reducing the cost of one of their biggest line items: labor. You have heard billionaires repeatedly bemoan that they would prefer Americans cost the same as 3rd world countries so they can get their cheap labor.

    That’s a long winded way of saying “this is working as designed for them”

    • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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      23 days ago

      I guess it’ll be good for the environment if the US becomes a developing country and starts producing things at home for poverty wages instead of needing to ship stuff