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hwebb

@rbreich "The rich will invest the money, which will create jobs."

That lie has had traction since the 1980s, if not earlier. It's part of what keeps middle- and working-class people voting against their own interests.

26 Nov 2022 at 1:58 | Wall-to-wall | Open on masto.ai
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Jan Antoš

@hwebb @rbreich Well, me grown in communist country telling you, the other side doesn’t work neither.

26 Nov 2022 at 6:48 | Open on mstdn.social
hwebb

@janantos It shouldn't be so hard to find a healthy balance, but it seems that corruption is woven into both of our systems.

26 Nov 2022 at 15:31 | Open on masto.ai
Jan Antoš

@hwebb you don’t understand it, it is not about balance, it’s about people, and those who goes to the power all the times think just about them, never mind what system is it. Power and money destroys humanity ;-) however believe me, capitalism at least does not imprison and death punish its opponents.

26 Nov 2022 at 16:11 | Open on mstdn.social
hwebb

@janantos US capitalism is responsible for massive amounts of suffering and death. Maybe something else we have in common is that our systems are dominated by oligarchs (getting back to Robert Reich's original point).

26 Nov 2022 at 16:45 | Open on masto.ai
Jan Antoš

@hwebb but no one has been sentenced to death as in my country, you know there has been lack of toilet paper and queues for meat in 80s. While communist party high members were eating caviar. Waiting time for car has been several years. However so am glad for European system of capitalism.

26 Nov 2022 at 16:49 | Open on mstdn.social
hwebb

@janantos I agree with you, but please understand that while "it could be worse" is truthful, it is also dismissive.

26 Nov 2022 at 18:06 | Open on masto.ai
SpeechPath62 🌊🌸🌈🧩

@hwebb @rbreich Also, the rich are also about power and control. It’s a caste system.

26 Nov 2022 at 7:37 | Open on masto.ai
💠 Dave No One 💠

@rbreich @hwebb They surely will. In Switzerland or on the Cayman Islands…

26 Nov 2022 at 18:48 | Open on mastodon.social
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