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typetehcodez | 7 years ago

TV's, Software, and Toys are cheaper, and notably the only categories cheaper on that chart from BLS. Well, it looks like this is good at keeping rioting off the streets; everyone is too distracted consuming tech.

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pm90|7 years ago

I would pay good money to test this hypothesis. I don't think its as simple as consuming tech though. I wonder how much effect cannabis legalization, opiod use etc. have on keeping a restive population dormant.

noir_lord|7 years ago

Huxley or Orwell.

I think our leaders just said “why not both?”.

It’s going to be an interesting few decades.