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by silviot 1028 days ago
The standard term to name this is Orphan Crushing Machine [1]

[1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/orphan-crushing-machine

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100% accurate. This post from 2 years ago shows how common this is in America, we have ongoing commentary on it:

> Every "heartwarming" human interest story in the United States is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.

src: https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/1309325764739858432

We have Orphan Crushing Machines because they keep real estate prices up.

Orphans lower home values, so city governments buy Orphan Crushing Machines to keep the neighborhood “nice.”