• ImOnADiet (He/Him)@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      interest rate hikes, VCs are demanding their money back and companies are scrambling to become profitable/more profitable.

      Edit: forgot to address the other point, they don’t really care about us spreading ideas as long as we don’t actually threaten their power. There is absolutely 0 threat of a socialist revolution anywhere in the west right now

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      1 year ago

      Capitalism is on a regular decline. It’s typically good for development, then after the dust settles it declines.