Rookwood

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Pretty sure he's younger in the right. So it's just he got older.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I have a body that tries to kill me when I exercise.

[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The reason capitalism leads to fascism is that inevitably capitalism will lead to untenable inequality. Injustice will be too great to ignore between the rich and the rest. This will lead to populism.

There are two forms of populism. One will seek to rectify the imbalances caused by capitalism. The other will seek to divert blame to minorities. If there were less blacks, immigrants, gays, Jews, etc. etc. then our society would not be in decay. One is much more useful to the Capitalist and so it will ultimately prevail. The capitalist will devote all resources to crushing the leftist populism up to and including directly funding fascism.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“There was not a family relying on me to pay the rent, put food on the table and keep the bills paid by the end of the month,” she added. “But the reality of McDonald’s is that a majority of the folk who are working there today are relying on that income to sustain a household and a family.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The problem with free markets is they are incredibly unstable and create booms and busts and people don't like this so we get the worst of all worlds which is unfettered capitalism and no competition or failure weeding out poorly managed companies. Maybe free markets are just a shitty ideal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is a Seinfeld episode about this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

It is the joke.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have been promoted to Director of Marketing. Clowngratulations

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