• GluWu@lemm.ee
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    17 days ago

    Cmon murica, the rest of the world combined is now spending more than just the US. How could this happen?

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      16 days ago

      what is sad, is that for 10 perfect year between 1990 and 2000 we could believe that humanity was on its way to world peace…now we’re back to total annihilation program

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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        15 days ago

        A specific event in 2001 first triggered the growth, then a couple of jackass presidents made it worse.

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        15 days ago

        Exactly the years that OG Millennials went from small children to adults, and then off to college to saddle ourselves with debt for a future that would never exist. Yay