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Government definitely shares the blame here but let's not forget business practices that humor the idea of directly lying to customers. Statistically, that old
by Frost1x 6y ago
Government definitely shares the blame here but let's not forget business practices that humor the idea of directly lying to customers.
Statistically, that older population are the very population that votes for representatives pushing looser regulations/enforcement on businesses that enable these sort of behaviors. Representatives clearly looking out for business interests over the average voter's interest (the consumers) don't help matters.
- PaulHoule 6y agoRight, that's why the right wing is so dominant in America: there is a positive feedback loop such that the carnage they cause gives them more power.
- sidlls 6y agoThis doesn't deserve downvotes: it's the truth. I'd add: the feedback loop works in part because there really is not a left wing in America. There is a right wing (democrats) and a dangerously unstable, evil extremist wing (republicans).
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- ABeeSea 6y agoR: Government doesn’t work. R gets elected and proceeds to sabotage government R: See government doesn’t work! Example: Trump put Rick Perry in charge of the Department of Energy including our nuclear labs. Rick Perry had previously said the Department of Energy should be dismantled and should no longer exist.
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