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Because the people who can decide the rule change were bribed.

What is a Bribe? These indexes are all for profit companies with no obligation to you.

"Bought" is probably more correct, but honestly discussing semantics is just distracting from the main issue.

Steal from everyone and shove their faces in the dirt and the social contract breaks down further

What exactly do people think they are entitled to here? Free money guranteed with no risk? "gimmi gimmi gimmi" is not a social contract.

Yeah ultimately who wouldnt want that? (Strawman btw) The other extreme is, what exactly do the power hungry cretins want? Godlike worship form all other humans.

Reality will be whatever happens (capital and corportism wins through the monopoly of violence and the oligarchic capture)

One example of legible demands: Americademands.com

There are many people with many unmet needs. Everyone has played a part and continues to do so every day with their choices.

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