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Given the opiate situation, I have no doubt there is a massive kickback scheme going on over emotional conformity drugs

The United States most definitely has a unique illness. It’s convinced the masses freedom is being tethered to corporatism.

We need a less militaristic and autocratic 1984

“40 hours a week for deflated earnings is freedom. Quarterly gains for the aristocracy is how we beat ‘them’.”

Re:UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:20PM (#26404425)
Throwaway for obvious reasons:

While working for a big vacation rental company in Portland not named Airbnb, they rolled out a review update that still added negative reviews to the 5 star score, but hid the context.

A rental may have a lowered star rating but the only story you’d see was praise.

Business is not about logic like engineering. It’s about growing margins, and that is entirely emotional.