Our lives have been ""turned into a subscription service"" for basic security, at costs that squeeze the middle class.
#SubscriptionService #IllusionOfChoice #WealthGapFacts #1bluebass
"These are not just ""bills"" but often non-negotiable, escalating financial barriers to stability and peace of mind.
#SubscriptionService #IllusionOfChoice #WealthGapFacts #1bluebass
We need options, not just opposites.
#TwoPartyTrap #IllusionOfChoice #MoreThan2 #1bluebass
So what kind of choice is it, when our only choice is the opposite.
#TwoPartyTrap #IllusionOfChoice #MoreThan2 #1bluebass

So when did Target let Procter & Gamble buy almost literally every single display position in the store? I wanted to get a particular recycled paper towel brand they used to carry, and it wasn't there. I did, however, find an entire aisle of just Bounty paper towels, an end cap of just Bounty, a mid-walkway display of Bounty, and some more Bounty in another corner that had a couple spots of other brands (mostly out of stock).

#Capitalism #MonopolyAndAntiTrust #IllusionOfChoice #Target #USA

I did not know that Genesis owned Ecotricity. Adding 'brought to you by retailers of LPG, owners and operators of Huntly gas & Coal powerstation..' somewhat damages Ecotricity's '100% renewable, climate positive' slogan.

However it doesn't matter as Genesis is killing Ecotricity, along with Frank. (Sorry Frank but I don't know or care about you.)

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563641/genesis-energy-to-merge-its-retail-brands-into-one

#IllusionOfChoice #Privatisation #ClimateChange #CorporateBS

Genesis Energy to merge its retail brands into one

Genesis, Frank and Ecotricity will be unified under the single Genesis brand to simplify the company's retail business.

RNZ

Trump's tariff tantrums are just another distraction for insiders exploiting global chaos. Meanwhile, EU plays geopolitical chess while the real power cheats us all. #CorporateCruelty #IllusionOfChoice

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For those with eyes to see... why are we sharing this?

#politics #leftwing #rightwing #illusionofchoice #government

People should not call @mastodon
#decentralized. It simply isn't.

While it may be #decentralized in structure, it is centralized in #federationโ€”like a group of states believing themselves autonomous, only to be crushed by the federal power that grew from within.

#decentralization #federation #BigBrother #Mastodon #Fediverse #Control #Surveillance #IllusionOfChoice