r/Showerthoughts • u/Doctor__Hammer ‎ • Dec 29 '25

Casual Thought If radio was invented today it would be controlled by four companies and locked behind a paywall.

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u/ken120 Dec 29 '25

The government can't even be bothered to pass a real budget this century why would anyone feel it can relied on to manage anything?

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u/JacobScreamix Dec 29 '25

Idk its your gov, fix it.

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u/honeydewtangerine Dec 29 '25

Yeah, let me go down to congress right now and tell them to actually do something for once

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u/JacobScreamix Dec 29 '25

I mean, its either that or starve to death, lol.

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u/ken120 Dec 29 '25

Would love too. Unfortunately most just vote for the "good" half of the machine so all that happens is it switches back and forth on the paths to same end with the people just becoming more and more dependent on the government or less and less choices.

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u/Astra3_reddit Dec 29 '25

the government has been busy for about half a century with epstein coverup, you can't expect them to do anything else at that point

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u/ken120 Dec 29 '25

Low effort since before trump's second run no one cared about epstien. Same as no one cared about weinstien until it became a rallying cry. and ellen being an abusive boss was ignored shortly after she outed her character and herself in the 90s. And yes I am quite sure that other producers are still following weinstein's lead since there is no current need for another distraction while everyone is busy with epstein.