What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

[Nikki1989]

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1 y

Just a few examples.

Taxes
Medical Insurance
Self-checkout lines
Foreign Wars
Electric Vehicles
Religion

[mandyfire98]

Health Insurance. What's sad is we know their tactics. They train people with "delay" "deny" "defend" it's part of their training. We already know that but we all just put up with it anyway. Even after paying everything you're supposed to pay, they still deny claims at an alarming level. The percentages of denied claims from United Health Group alone are unbelievable. They have the most by the way.

And people still act shocked that somebody wanted revenge lol. Literally profiting from people's suffering and death.

[leahzrc]

Drug store products are all the same with different labels

[OlderAndWiser]

"Democrats are for the working class" is a scam.

[bolverk]

The 'Climate Crisis'. When you take a serious look at the actual data collected over time, while there has been at temperature increase over the last 2-3 decades the overall temperature has been on a downward trend since before the Industrial Revolution, the same applies to CO2 Levels, over the last 2-3 decades the overall the actual levels of CO2 have dropped and we are actually in a CO2 dearth compared to earlier decades. And while this is going on the propaganda put out by the UN-CCC/WHO and other private organisations (WEF, etc) have pushed 'Climate Crisis' so pervasively that it is seen as a 'real thing' and if you push back against it you are dog-piled by MSM. If 'Climate Crisis' was real how do they explain that the number of bush fires world wild have been steadily dropping, with exceptions like in Australian where yearly control burns to control ground litter were stopped by the 'Green' politicians, which resulted in a massive build up in ground litter which resulted in the Bush Fires of 2019-20.

[Garud]

Education courses that have little or no value in the market but are advertised as if they are very valuable.

millions of students enroll for a bachelor's degree but only a few 400 - 500 get the chance to get a job related to the same degree.

Heavy direct and indirect taxes for the same thing.

Marriage laws blindly listen to only one side. And justice is available to all but only the rich can afford it.

in my country, 80% of the money offered in the temples by devotees is looted by the govt in the name of public welfare and the remaining income is taxed, govt employees managing those temples get their salary and pension from it but they are just busy in creating new ways of taking money from the devotees but also damage the ancient structure for their short term money making plans, the people of the religion who are really managing the temple are getting just 1% of the donations and still they are using it better than the govt.

[MicahRaine]

Yepppp

[7Phoenix7]

Paying so much money for drinking water is definitely a scam.

[Massageman]

Oh, my. SO many things, so little time. IRS, CIA coverups, EV supposedly being economical and environ-friendly (they aren't), Biden supporting our country (he doesn't), AI this and AI that (one of my first theses in colleges) was a paper sharply against it as something that could replace humans, "affordable" medical care, etc. ad nauseam.

[glennos89]

Mcdonalds

the pharmaceutical industry
( natural herbs are no longer part of treating deceases they use only chemicals these days)

School ( brainwashing children )

[AnonAndrew]

Monogamy.

It's very clear from the science that the only relationship that is natural to humans is polyandry, where one woman has multiple husbands. But we still keep buying into the false notion that this is bad, or that monogamy is somehow a good thing. Some even believe in such sick ideas as polygyny (where one man has multiple wives).

[midnightmoon05]

Health care, credit card, mortgagees, loans, car finances…

[SquishyBuns2628]

The American Dream of a house, a white picket fence, a car, a pet or 2, kids if you and your spouse want to (and no not just a wife or husband, it's 2024 and times are progressive).

[Astarlessnightsky]

Having a job to make rich guys even richer while you are struggling to afford rent.

[LiamJHayden]

My first thought was income tax and the military draft. Both assume that the politicians own your money and your life.

[Likes2drive]

Car insurance prices, copayments with health insurance, sales tax

[MicahRaine]

The roadside service that you sign up for after taking your drivers ed

[robocop666]

Well I would say but only in private as I would offend people

[Kelly6]

@Nikki1989 tax, wars, warranty, interest

[Nikki1989]

Taxes are a good one.

[Kelly6]

@Nikki1989
its the biggest scam that makes life hard

[SaoirseS]

Nitrogen in car tires.

[Jessica405]

The UK Labour government.

[AviatorTom]

Ads in the media

[Wiredone]

What isn't a scam these days

[HДLILБΞУ]

There is nothing to do systematic robbery..

[CubaPirate]

Election promises

[Bklynbadboy12]

Paying for water paying to watch TV

[douride2]

Do you mean like auto & home insurance.

[Grond21]

Health insurance post Obamacare

[GlowUpGirly5]

Timing culture.. it's so out of control here

[GlowUpGirly5]

*tipping culture

[WowGIrl4ever]

Bitcoin

[shortster]

Income taxes

[BigbuffArmyguy]

Health insurance having a nice lawn.

[Jamie05rhs]

Marriage

[Wayneg89]

Property tax.