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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The system created Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Andressen. The Supreme court allowed citizens united. The system allowed companies to poison our environment. Seems the system is working as intended.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So Maybe, the great filter isn't nuclear war, maybe it isn't falling birthrates, maybe it isn't climate change. Maybe the great filter is money?

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

And getting rid of the two party system is the answer. Maybe in 1796 when there was 35,726 voters it worked. Money is only a part of the problem.

Power is filter too. The same reason we don't correct the police in the U.S.