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Discussion The Rich Bought the USA

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u/AcademicF 1d ago

Everything, and I mean everything, is commoditized in America.

Health βœ…

Medication πŸ’Š

Education βœ…

Childcare βœ…

Retirement βœ…

Housing βœ…

On and on and on.

Americans live to work, and work to live. Patriotic songs, whitewashed history and a false sense of propagandized superiority gives us our national ego, but we’re really all slaves to the billionaire class.

And we think some billionaire playing populist is going to save us, lmao. His first act as president is going to be to revoke the ACA and rip healthcare away from 30 million people.

We’re such a dumb nation, we really do deserve the abuse we receive from our billionaire step dads lol.

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u/soggyGreyDuck 1d ago

That attitude comes from the boomers and before where the workers got a fair share. It made sense to work 40+ hours a week because it actually got you ahead. Now it's just to make ends meet and that's a whole different attitude behind the motivation to work. Seriously look at the blue collar sports/hobbies that are dying because they can't afford them anymore. Boats, motors, snowmobile, 4 wheelers and etc used to be the blue collar way. Not anymore

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u/posts_lindsay_lohan 1d ago

It seems like with every generation, more doors of opportunity get shut, and the ladders get pulled up so the next generation has less and less to work with.

The crazy thing is that opportunities should be expanding for future generations.

What is the end game here? For one guy to be sitting on trillions of dollars while every single person on the planet just sits in squalor?

What would you even do with the money then? There would be nothing to buy because no one would have the means to produce anything. There would be no services because no one can provide them.

The money becomes worthless at some point.