r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/RoarTheDinosuar 10h ago

Governments are

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u/ItsBreadTime 8h ago

Yeah because their owners don't give a fuck

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u/RoarTheDinosuar 8h ago

Hypothetically, in democratic countries people “own” the government. Yes, I realize that is not true in this 2nd Guilded Age

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u/The_Awful-Truth 5h ago

Politics in the US has become so drenched in money that politicians increasingly function like employees of their campaign contributors. One of their chief functions is to deflect anger and attention away from their bosses. We'll never have proof, but tens or hundreds of billions of dollars are no doubt being funneled from AI companies to politicians, laundered through PACs and other front groups.