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This would require investment in infrastructure, which is a completely foreign concept to american politicians when it’s not about adding one more lane

You know capitalism has reached peak efficiency when instead of laying some cables or even build a few more cell towers we decide to litter the atmosphere with satellites instead

This. Also relaxation, distraction and “hedonism” to a certain extent are necessary for people to resist at all. You cannot resist if you are completely burnt out from working, organizing and stressing about the current situation. After all we are human and our needs don’t always follow moral boundaries.