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  • mommykink@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldHigh Beam
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    2 months ago

    When I was younger I’d always make sure to toss a beer can straight at the windshields of those jerkasses. Always had plenty rolling around in the foot wells. Might just have to start doing that again as long as automakers keep shipping out cars with the head of Helios shoved into where the headlamps are supposed to be



  • mommykink@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldInflation?
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    3 months ago

    No? The inflation of the past few years was way too apparent for the current administration to ignore in their reelection campaign, but “inflation” is a scary word with some serious political connotations that no sitting official wants to connect themselves to. Instead, you just say “it’s not inflation, It’s corporate greed!” and you’re saying the same thing twice.

    See how “Depression” became “Recession” which became “Economic Downturn”





  • mommykink@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldI guess we doin'
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    3 months ago

    Not necessarily although I hadn’t heard of Saudi Aramco until your comment.

    In western terms, the Keiretsu combined vertical and horizontal integration; only a handful of companies owned almost every level of production and had “gentleman’s agreements” to avoid heavy competition with one-another. What makes the Keiretsu unique is that the companies were chosen and consolidated by the US government and structured to be sympathetic to America and unlikely to rebuild the Imperial Army. Former fighter plane manufacturers were made into electric keyboard makers, rifle companies became borers for motors for small cars, etc. It’s why you get scenarios like the OP meme


  • mommykink@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldI guess we doin'
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    3 months ago

    I’d suggest reading into the Keiretsu Corporations that the US supported during the occupation era. In short, the US had a pretty big interest in creating a series of companies more powerful than the government (sound familiar), because they’d be more loyal to the US (AKA: “Capitalism, The Country”). Keiretsu follows some uniquely Japanese concepts like interdependence and societal betterment that you don’t really see affecting many western companies