Commodification of human interaction, enshitification of social spaces, environmental degradation. Stagnant wage growth vs record profits and increasing cost of living. Yeah that's the profit motive at work.
The unwillingness of most to see it, that's the propaganda in service of the profit motive.
I would expect a chocking death to be some kind of crushing hazard. Don't know why anyone would chock an airway but it makes sense it would lead to choking.
Would it be possible to volunteer some time to an organization like food not bombs I heard they were getting fines and arrested for distributing food. You could possibly secure some food, help the community and still potentially go to prison for not paying the bogus fine.
As long as data harvesting is legal and profitable, privacy will be a cat and mouse game.
Gotta wonder how much capital and human effort is invested into all these anti-consumer innovations.
I believe the culture war junk is part of distract and divide tactics. 'hey parents don't worry about all the bloodshed from neoliberal policies, your kids are summoning demons!'
Addiction is a symptom not a root issue. If the context of someone's addiction is escapism then this theoretically will just push them to another potentially more harmful method.
Yes, outdoor work and phones are expensive.