▲ 211 ▼ U.S.-Iran war 'tax' begins to hit American businesses and consumers (www.cnbc.com) submitted 4 months ago by likeaforest@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 child) You have to understand how awful our public transportation systems are and how close to broke like 75% of us already were permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FatCrab@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Nah, you gotta understand how fucking stupid, selfish, and god damned myopic our public in the aggregate is here. A completely mismanaged war of bald aggression that resulted in the double tap murder of 150 school children isn't sufficient to rile them--but paying 50 cents more a gallon at the pump and they'll declare a motherfucking fatwa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago That's why I hope gas prices will keep spiraling up, it's the only way Americans will ever learn permalink fedilink source parent [–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago americans have always been selfish, it's baked into the culture at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FatCrab@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Nah, you gotta understand how fucking stupid, selfish, and god damned myopic our public in the aggregate is here. A completely mismanaged war of bald aggression that resulted in the double tap murder of 150 school children isn't sufficient to rile them--but paying 50 cents more a gallon at the pump and they'll declare a motherfucking fatwa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago That's why I hope gas prices will keep spiraling up, it's the only way Americans will ever learn permalink fedilink source parent [–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago americans have always been selfish, it's baked into the culture at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago That's why I hope gas prices will keep spiraling up, it's the only way Americans will ever learn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago americans have always been selfish, it's baked into the culture at this point. permalink fedilink source parent