Would actually be kinda cool if the prevalence of chatgpt forced everyone to write in a more varied and interesting style to dodge the accusations :)

I think they mean the hardware volume down button, not the one to reject the call

That’s what it always boils down to, which is why I am now actually a communist.

is the fucker some kind of emoji I’m missing or are you guys just being friendly

Looks like turnaround was in the 1950s, start of the cold war and the rise of anticommunism as organizing principle domestically as well as abroad, combined with free trade policies that let us exploit foreign workers- by suppressing their own unions with tactics that to put it mildly wouldn’t fly in the United States (aka imperialism)

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-decline-inequality-rises/

If workers rights in China improve capital may simply move on to idk Mexico, India, lots of places with cheaply exploitable labor and pliable governments.