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Dr John Watson's avatar

What we are seeing now is how to reduce the elderly population to increase the value of the workforce. By doing so the national debt will be reduced by not having to take care of those that were use as chattel.

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Miriam Ferfers's avatar

I agree with the core premise. Because when you watch how Trump treats people, especially those who no longer serve him, the term ‘commodity’ sadly becomes less metaphorical than it should be!

That said: I believe it’s important we don’t just shout... Yes, sometimes we have to raise our voices to wake people up, but if we rely too much on fear, outrage, or scandal tones, some may dismiss it as noise.

What would truly make this piece undeniably and more powerful is:

– a clearer breakdown of how this happens,

– where it happens, and

– which mechanisms, platforms, or policies are at play.

If people get shown how the machine actually works, that’s where understanding and therefore real change begins.

Because you’re absolutely right!

In systems like these, people stop being citizens.

They become tools.

And tools get used or discarded!

Like commodities.

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