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I wouldn’t say never, but it’ll take some time before millennials and below have enough political power to change our society. I think we’re going to see radic
by moksly 7y ago
I wouldn’t say never, but it’ll take some time before millennials and below have enough political power to change our society.
I think we’re going to see radical changes once that happen though, as we’re generations that haven’t seen the benefits of capitalist freedom, but instead have lived in constant worry of pretty much everything from finding a job and keeping it, an ever increasing retirement age even though some companies don’t hire people older than 35, a destroyed environment, impossible home prices and so on.
Maybe I’m just living in a bubble, but I know no one my age or below who aren’t looking for change because the general consensus is that our current system is broken.
- isostatic 7y agoDepends how many millennials think they have something to lose by the time Be interesting to compare the change of vote as millenials grow into their 40s with the change of vote as hippies grew into their 40s. Remember the era of woodstock are now those 70 year olds voting for brexit and trump and burn the foreigners. Will today's Extinction Rebellion, or Occupy Wall Street from 10 years ago, change at the same level?
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- fipar 7y ago> Remember the era of woodstock are now those 70 year olds voting for brexit and trump and burn the foreigners. Will today's Extinction Rebellion, or Occupy Wall Street from 10 years ago, change at the same level? I understand what you mean here but I think even back in the days when woodstock happened, the hippies were a minority even among their age group.
- antientropic 7y agoMillenials should keep in mind this quote from Milton Friedman: "We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage. If you want to create a shortage of tomatoes, for example, just pass a law that retailers can't sell tomatoes for more than two cents per pound. Instantly you'll have a tomato shortage. It's the same with oil or gas." That 400 euro price to repair a laptop might accurately reflect the labour and other costs. Repairing something is much less amenable to automation than mass-producing it in the first place (especially since the latter can be done in a low-cost country).
- kingbirdy 7y agoOP said the replacement screen was 400€ just for the part, not labor. Given the total cost of the computer is 600€ fully assembled that's obviously extortionate pricing for the screen.
- ajsnigrutin 7y agoJust the part was 400eur. probably 50-100eur more for labor. I got a used replacement on ebay for less than 100eur, and replaced it myself.