• hector@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    It was absolutely planned, if not expressly planned for destroying trust. Planned for maximizing revenue, minimizing costs, for oppressing and dividing the population to exploit them and prevent a challenge to their corrupt systems, and so forth.

    • Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      Thinking all of that can be controlled would fall under hubris IMO. The powers have done nothing but stoke resistance and rebellion against their hierarchies, or perhaps I’m just taking the bait…?

      • Doomsider@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        Reading too much into it. It is simply their self-interest (the wealthy) conflicts with your self-interest. They are just grabbing as much money as they can and creating as many distractions along the way to confuse and obfuscate.