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13. "They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now."
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:22 PM
23 hrs ago

'The Age of Self' - Robert Wyatt

They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now
They say that we have moved ahead, we're all just people now
There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf
But never mind the second kind this is the age of self

They say we need new images to help our movement grow
They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know
While Martin J. and Robert M. play with printer's ink
The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc

And it seems to me if we forget
Our roots and where we stand
The movement will disintegrate
Like castles built on sand

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I thought his DOGE crap was supposed to save us leftstreet Yesterday #1
Another BSer trying to sell us AI newdeal2 Yesterday #2
The jobs are disappearing as we speak. CentralMass Yesterday #3
Can you cite a source here? I'm asking sincerely. Iris 18 hrs ago #34
That's one of the reasons why we are here.................... Lovie777 Yesterday #4
A bond villian in the making. CentralMass Yesterday #6
I would say the making is complete misanthrope 21 hrs ago #25
Tax the rich yankee87 Yesterday #5
50% Would Do ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #20
We need a progressive wealth tax that addresses systemic abuses and prevents the existence of billionaires, period. Moostache 21 hrs ago #30
FFS! 2naSalit Yesterday #7
Says the tax dodger who just demanded 1 trillion dollars and is actively undermining Democracy. Fuck That Guy! chowder66 Yesterday #8
Hey Elon, with your trillions, you could do some good. Paper Roses Yesterday #9
That idiot is so full of shit it's a pathetic. Autumn Yesterday #10
I wouldn't trust ONE WORD out of this motherfucker's fucking mouth Blue Owl Yesterday #11
Nationalizing Eloon's loot would help /nt bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #12
Just what I was thinking when I read the OP. Ellipsis 21 hrs ago #23
"They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now." sop 23 hrs ago #13
How about real intelligence instead of the artificial kind? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 23 hrs ago #14
Well, of COURSE the solution is NOT to tax the shit out of the wealthiest Americans, bless your hearts! AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #15
Tax Elon to mars and back Blues Heron 23 hrs ago #16
Nazi asshole needs to overdose dalton99a 23 hrs ago #17
THIS is the latest fever dream...... Red Mountain 22 hrs ago #18
Not just migrants misanthrope 21 hrs ago #26
I have a better idea. Let TAX HIM. Volaris 22 hrs ago #19
Yes, eliminating 10s of millions of jobs forever (with shitty AI) is the path to prosperity . . . hatrack 22 hrs ago #21
I believe there is no stopping AI Melon 21 hrs ago #22
Elon Musk is a threat to humanity misanthrope 21 hrs ago #24
Seriously, there was a time when half a trillion dollars was considered James Bond supervillain money. Initech 16 hrs ago #38
Says the clown that built up his businesses on Klarkashton 21 hrs ago #27
Go try that on Mars asshole dweller 21 hrs ago #28
Wodrld wide AI and robotics will result in hundreds of millions of jobs being lost, and markets collapsing. patphil 21 hrs ago #29
How do you get this massive economic expansion with 50 million Americans unemployed from AI replacement? NickB79 20 hrs ago #31
... orangecrush 19 hrs ago #32
I've got a better idea Eloon maxrandb 19 hrs ago #33
Tax The Rich is another way. Iggo 18 hrs ago #35
Robots ... area51 16 hrs ago #36
That's (universal income) not going to happen. CentralMass 16 hrs ago #39
No, the way out of the national debt is to tell a guy who wants a trillion dollars to go fuck himself. Initech 16 hrs ago #37
Funny that.... FormerOstrich 16 hrs ago #40
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