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this early 90s essay on the theological implications of electronic media and consumerism is fascinating. super prescient at many points www.religion-online.org/article/the-...

boy is this kind of ideology common in this country. FAR more prevalent than any kind of working-class identity. it's why voters in 2022-24 took the first seriously full employment in 20+ years completely for granted, but threw a shit fit over inflation that was partly caused by labor shortage

I think I got the OP cite from Snowden somewhere, h/t bsky.app/profile/snow...

obvious also why consumerist "religion" is so fundamentally empty. it boils down to selfish demands for things you refuse to do anything to bring about, most often low prices that require labor exploitation. part of why "Christians" say shit like this I suspect bsky.app/profile/jack...

anyway bsky.app/profile/adam...

Do I want to pay property tax? No, but that's the cost of admission. I pay and STFU The issue isn't paying it, the issue is the massive increases in one year and w/no property upgrades. I can afford mine. My neighbor went from 1800/yr to 7200. That's not nothing, and far from isolated.

American property tax is very primitive, it's true. we're crying out for a general wealth tax

Everyone rational expects taxes to go up - *some* but not like what I've seen on mine and others. The petition for reeval is a Magic 8 ball shaken by an overcaffeinated chimp, an 18 month wait and you have to pay in the meantime. I paid, I bitched, done. Some ppl a 4-5-6k jump is a coffin nail.