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applegrove

(133,112 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:48 PM Tuesday

Maybe the impoverishment is about separating the poor

Last edited Wed May 20, 2026, 01:15 AM - Edit history (1)

and the lower middle class, both struggling, from smartphones and the internet. Why else would they try and slow broadband, disallow price controls of it and reduce expendable income? Why are prices increasing every year while minimum wages stay the same? Is this so voters can't get to independent media as traditional media is captured by the right more and more?

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