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  • Build the economy and fund education and social programs. Fight corruption hard.

    Its not glamorous or exciting but its what works in the long run.

    Why do people turn to crime? Maybe a few idolize Pablo Escobar and the like, but the vast majority are trying to get by, feed their families and bring their kids through school. If legal work has you slaving away for a pittance that won’t even feed your family and corrupt governments take away money meant for the betterment of the community you start to see why some people stop caring or see illicit means as their only way out of poverty.

    Education. An educated populace means a skilled workforce, which leads to better paying jobs and a chance out of poverty. I don’t think the choice between a good paying job in an international pharmaceutical company and a dangerous drug lab is a difficult one when you have legitimate options on the table.












  • That’s how these types of collapses work though.

    Everything just barely holds together and then the literally straw that breaks the camel’s back hits and then it all goes to shit in an instant.

    They’re keeping it together but at what cost? We can clearly see the social and demographic cost that will hit in a decade, we can see the economic costs hitting but how long till that manifests into something they can’t policy their way out of is a big question.




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    This is exactly it.

    Cable TV was originally meant to be TV with no ads, see where that has come.

    Streaming services were meant to be on demand shows/movies with no ads, see where we are now.

    YouTube premium will enshittify the exact same way. How do I know this? They already won’t listen to paying customers and content creators who bring customer to the site. They do customer unfriendly moves like removing dislikes to make a quick buck from big corporations. They will make it shittier given the chance.