Yes. They're busy buying everything already. They just need a financial crisis to get the rest for pennies on the dollar. After that it's time for neo-feudalism.
WanderingThoughts
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and I owned nothing
Companies love that, until everybody is completely in debt and they learn you can't seize property from people that don't own anything.
One representative from a client wanted to be there for every small change we made. The guy slept so little, his cognitive functions stopped working correctly and he started giving nonsense answers. His manager had to put him in a cab and send him home with strict orders to sleep and not come back for 48 hours.
You don't want a person like that running a country. These are the types that accidentally start a war.
Seems like a good time for the EU to get ready for moving troops to Ukraine and start with "flying sanctions" too.
And every time the politicians start with "the costs to mah economy". They know every bullet fired means less healthcare and pension they can give to voters and that's often sensitive thing during elections.
But by now they're figuring out that acting like total wussies is losing votes too.
"Hacked" is a bit much. It's probably like the cameras on insecam.org, cameras plugged into that internet with no password or still on factory default like admin, 0000, 12345 and the like. That's the security level of hanging a "keep out" sign on your bedroom door.
That's where the "the cruelty is the point" expression comes from
Then it becomes shittier but the price stays the same while the manufacturer pockets the difference.
Japan has a habit of doing this. The birth rate cratered, productivity is not that great and economic growth is famously low. Most workers do a form of performance theater, an actual "we pretend to work".
Yes, with a short golden age roughly between WWII and the seventies, and going downhill for most people since then.
The other half is the one that always vote for right wing parties. He's their hero.