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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe first comment in the image really sums it all up:
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The first comment in the image really sums it all up: (Original Post)
Saviolo
Mar 2019
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Wounded Bear
(58,694 posts)1. Well capitalism certainly isn't the answer to capitalism's problems...
Saviolo
(3,283 posts)4. It's almost like...
... like capitalism *is* the problem.
watoos
(7,142 posts)2. Threads like this make me laugh, thanks for the giggle.
Giving taxpayer dollars to poor people is called Socialism.
Giving taxpayer dollars to rich people is called capitalism.
There, I simplified this right wing talking point for everyone.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)3. Damn those millennials for calling us out
- on our wholesale destruction of the environment;
- on the largest wealth disparity in memory;
- on the exploitation of workers, including non-living wages.
Those Gol-darn kids!
Saviolo
(3,283 posts)5. And "those Gol-darn kids" are all now approaching middle age
"Millenials" are all approaching 40 soon, and only have stories from the long-distant past about being able to buy a house for your young family in your late 20's on the income from a single breadwinner in the family.