"Paying for cable tv. The whole idea of paying was to create a revenue stream separate from that of marketing. There are a few out there (HBO, I think) but generally we pay to access the content and still have to spend 20% of the time sitting through commericals.
Then streaming comes in and were free of advertisements again, for a bit. Now YouTube has tons of ads and other streaming services are talking about adding ads as well"
"The fact that you have to pay to bury loved ones" as a prime example.
"American paying $10,000/day for respirator just glad he’s not living in a socialist hell like Norway"
Whoosh
Noticed how it went over your head?
... chirp, chirp, chirp - yup, that's crickets in your head, no doubt about that.
... I concur - ask Monika Lewinsky she'll tell you.
Don't like it - don't consume it. What prevents you to go and get everything you consider up to your standards directly from the market or farm? Western civilization wastes 40%-60% of the food produced. So food is not concern, dumb consumers (especially 'murikans) are.
Christianity
Religion in general..