It gets better. Capitalism is designed to make sure you work for the rest of your life. Like a cow or sheep. While any rich person doesnt need to work or do shit. The aristocrats were all in on capitalism when it first gained traction. I wonder why?
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The American dream narrative makes people falsely believe that they too can eventually become an aristocrat such that, against their own interests, they fail to stand in solidarity to hold them accountable.
All it takes is to look at the graphic of historic social mobility in the US to know that the American Dream is dead, buried, then was exhumed, incinerated and the billionaires pissed on its ashes.
Step one, don't let people think. What are the chances of me becoming dont-need-to-work-a-day-more-in-my-entire-life rich, given zero relatives at that level of wealth and any country of residence? Practically zero, unless I am something exceptional
I have no idea how it happens that so many fail to see even that
I don’t believe the people are willing to challenge the status quo.
I guess they need more suffering yet.
Given the American dream, there must exist an American sleep paralysis demon.
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I think when gas prices get rough enough, America will have its come to Jesus moment. We're only seeing the beginning.
The aristocrats were all in on capitalism when it first gained traction
No they weren't. The aristocrats were upset that the bourgeoisie were getting uppity and taking their power. Read the communist manifesto, it was written back when capitalism was first overtaking feudalism. People were salty! The French had a revolution!
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too add on, in america mostly people are expected to "launch" the moment they turn 18 without any financial/job stability, so some dont because of that.
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Why do we even have these orphan crushing machines, anyway?
because suffering is the lubrication for the machinery of america.
Hey, if they aren't allowed to kill whales anymore, how else would they gather the oil for lubrication? Do people even think anymore?
There are lots of jobs that depend on the orphan crushing industry. Do you want them to suffer?
No one, and I mean NO ONE, ever thinks of the poor shareholders. What a sad reality we live in...
And people keep forgetting those poor orphans. You want to take their meaning in life away from them? Shame on you!
Because only the sound of orphans being crushed can fill the dragon's empty heart with joy. Collectively, we could defeat it, but it might burn down all the land in the fight...
Also, most people cheer for the sacrifices - it's not their children, after all.
I understood that reference.
Well if we got rid of it, it would be unfair to all the orphans who have already been crushed!
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And that's another day I am thankful to not live in the US. What a fucking shithole
The US, is the definition of: Polish a turd it's still a turd. By now though it's just dog shit.
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This is so dystopic that most people cannot fathom how dystopic it even is
The caveat at the bottom is telling. It strikes me that this incarcerated men knew they had to caveat the donation or it would get spent on SUV maintenance or something.
Didn't Marx predict this or something?
Humanity persists despite the horrors
Prison labor to cover prison lunches for children in debt.
13th amendment. Slave labour baked right in. Just have to jail them.
God, this is such a shit society....America is a cautionary tale for the rest of us...Stop worshipping the rich and get them to pay their fair share and make sure they can never pollute the politics.
Finally a post that fits the community. Those are rare these days.
Don’t you love America? Filthy rich Americans only wanting to be even more filthy rich. A president doing everything to rob the country blind. And what are the Americans doing? Absolutely nothing.
Shameful situation
Kansas: once again showing how not to run a government. Continuing the Kansas Experiment I see.
And in case you dont scroll down to read this part, I am just going to put it here:
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the bill cut the taxes of "the wealthiest 1% of Kansans by 2.2%", while it projected that the poorest 20% of Kansans would see "their taxes increase by 1.3%".... almost 70% of Kansas lawmakers, as well as Governor Brownback and his wife, benefited personally from the tax cuts through business or property that they owned, which being non-wage income, was exempt from taxes under the 2012 law.
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