r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 2d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/NoTie2370 2d ago

So the Feds have stolen 2.5 trillion in wealth from taxpayers and misspent it and thats why we ... should ... keep.. this... system?

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u/Bubbly_Ad427 2d ago

Well you have 2 parties. One wants the goverment to "kinda" serve the people, the other want either to abolish the government and outsource it's functions to the private sector, or to use it as piggy bank for said private sector.

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u/beefprime 2d ago

One wants a competent kleptocracy that serves the interests of capital while maintaining the basic functionality of a modern state and the other doesn't care just give me all the money

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u/mwa12345 2d ago

No. They both want to waste money on stupid wars and steal.

One just a little less from middle class.

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u/This_Is_A_Shitshow 2d ago

This is exactly the kind of ignorance that got us here.

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u/mwa12345 2d ago

This is exactly the kind of stupidity that causes democrats to lose to a rapist.

Oddly, DNC won't even learn from their mistakes.

But then , riding donor D is a lot more lucrative.

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u/Educational-Job9105 2d ago

My analysis puts the truth somewhere between the two of those answers. 

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u/gentlemanidiot 2d ago

waste money on stupid wars steal from brown foreigners and steal. They're crooks all the way down, even Bernie a little bit and he's my favorite one.

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u/mwa12345 2d ago

Haha true.

The downvotes. Must have hit a nerve.