08-22-2025, 01:24 AM
I think people were a little more chill around here back before social media algorithm echo chambers, the waves of liberal moral panic, Covid, Covid-spending-induced-inflation, extreme identity politics, and the gutting of conservatism in favor of a fascist cult. The thing that ties it all together is billionaires and multinational corporations draining trillions from the middle class and future generations, making things harder for everyone, amping up the stress of daily life.
We are getting pinched particularly hard here in Hawaii. When everyone else's gas got cheaper, ours stayed high. Cheap bread on the mainland is back to $1.25 a loaf, but it's up to $5.24 here. Home prices and rent are more than double here and going up. Electricity is 2-3 times the national average in our sunny, geothermal capable state. All the good commercial real estate is owned by our local oligarchs, with our new billionaires buying the rest, and small businesses have to work twice as hard to survive.
All that to say, things were a little nicer for everyone back when Carrie posted here. We're living in a different world now that is most definitely encroaching on Hawaii and Punaweb in every way.
We are getting pinched particularly hard here in Hawaii. When everyone else's gas got cheaper, ours stayed high. Cheap bread on the mainland is back to $1.25 a loaf, but it's up to $5.24 here. Home prices and rent are more than double here and going up. Electricity is 2-3 times the national average in our sunny, geothermal capable state. All the good commercial real estate is owned by our local oligarchs, with our new billionaires buying the rest, and small businesses have to work twice as hard to survive.
All that to say, things were a little nicer for everyone back when Carrie posted here. We're living in a different world now that is most definitely encroaching on Hawaii and Punaweb in every way.
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