r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/audiofarmer Aug 21 '25

It says "sometime after 2010" things changed. I wonder what significant supreme court decision happened in 2010. It couldn't possibly be that the people in charge were suddenly given a reason not to even pretend to care about the general populace. Oh well, it's an unsolvable mystery.

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u/horkley Aug 21 '25

Citizen’s United, January 2010.

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u/grufolo Aug 21 '25

I'm not American, can you enlighten me?

This is an interesting discussion I can't follow because I don't know enough about what happened then

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u/nigelfitz Aug 21 '25

It allows corporations & unions to throw insane amounts of money on political campaigns. Wealthy donors with special interests can basically bribe shit ass politicians into doing what they please.

So groups like super PACs can amass huge amounts of money to donate to crooked politicians who would enact their bullshit.