@MsDropbear42 Why do none of these stories ever talk about the rising cost of renting / buying commercial real estate? And the cost of insurance.

@jillL@theblower.au exactly... whereas otoh, there are other articles, written in apparent isolation, bemoaning at least some of those factors, yet journos seem incapable of logically drawing the threads together, gaaaaaah

articles a b c d e -- all pushing the woe is me neoliberal business line, but not linking in the bloody obvious social consequences

articles f g h i j -- all bemoaning cost of living, housing, rental et al crises, but not linking in the bloody obvious root causes

@MsDropbear42

Right on!!

@Sheep_Overboard@infosec.exchange ta. i always react with anger to these propaganda articles in MSM. it's like the only thing of any consequence is that there be small businesses, with any evaluation of their actual viability & ethical social responsibility being simply irrelevant, ffs