• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    “Introducing e-Vacuator! The new evacuation app from the geniuses in Silicon Valley that will allow you to hire movers to evacuate from disaster zones, and they will all bid against each other to ensure that you get the lowest price possible. No more hasty evacuation mistakes, let our contractors handle all the stress and mess for you while you focus on the important things in life.”

    Give it five years.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    Even when a life-threatening hurricane is headed your way, there are many reasons why you might stay put. You might have dependent family members who can’t leave due to disabilities or other health-related reasons; you might not have reliable transportation to get to a safer area, and what’s more, no gas to get there. Sometimes, you simply refuse to leave your home and everything you own behind.

    There’s also the reality of just not being able to afford it.

    Every reason in the first paraghraph is still boiling down to the reason from second paragraph

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    Another example of capitalism treating humans as refuse. Disparingly, and rather predictably, this immiseration is being used to propagate further anti-immigrant sentiment (and inevitably violence if not already happened).