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@ Jordan S
2025-05-22 06:32:55
"They" is an abstract idea because most of us can't pinpoint the exact people responsible for the system at large as it is today.
We can nitpick, and try to say certain groups, or organizations are responsible for our decline but in truth, most if not all of these people of the "theys" we abstractly apply to are simply responding to the market incentives given to them, perhaps by malicious individuals, or by negligence, and short sightedness.
Is there a Jewish marxist plot to subvert America by eroding our education system, our currency, our food system, our media, and more, maybe.
Or maybe the reality is that all these independent groups had their own agendas that unfortunately when put into conjuction has caused our countries decline.
The Food Companies have an incentive to make cheap, shelf durable, consumable food products, what ends up happening is the food does become cheaper, the food does last longer on the shelf, and the food is more addictive, however in doing so the nutritional, and health benefits of the food are eroded, now can you say the food companies are deliberately doing it, maybe, or is it just by happenstance.
The Federal Reserve banker is incentivized to ensure stable economic growth, and market manipulations, at least in their theory is the best way to achieve this, when there's low economic activity the centralized banker has to make the economy grow by printing money, and lower interest rates but when that ultimately results in inflation the centralized banker has to slow down economic activity to maintain stable prices but that typically causes a recession.
Overall, every person alive is somewhat responsible for "theyness", every time you use Google instead of duckduckgo, or brave, every time you watch porn, everytime you buy a windows, or Mac, everytime you buy food from a restaurant then you are a "they", and so is every they out there.
If you want a better world then build it for yourself, and try your best to engage with your community instead of blaming some far away shadowy "they" because the reality is that you are the "they" causing the decline more so than anyone else.