• dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    To convince more people, it may help to have an analysis that doesn’t include celebratory dinners, eating out, physical television, etc. The inclusion of those things are either a drop in the bucket or have good enough rationales, but too many Americans are too dumb to accept that.

    • reiterationstation@lemm.ee
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      17 hours ago

      If Americans stopped doing that the economy would crash, people would lose their jobs, and most people wouldn’t be able to afford to live.

      So it’s the same thing in the end.