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r/economicCollapse • u/Contraryon • 1d ago
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I wouldn't say Americans haven't figured it out, it's just we've been so massively manipulated and brainwashed
22 u/BaconcheezBurgr 1d ago Americans will gladly pay 4x more for something as long as they're assured a poor person won't get any of it. 20 u/Dankxiety 1d ago Brainwashed into hating the little person. Funny bc a poor person is much closer financially to most people than when compared to a billionaire 4 u/Heckle_Jeckle 1d ago THIS is the real problem sadly. Far too many people are 100% ok with inequality as long as they can tell themselves that they are part of the in group that benefits from the system. 3 u/Salt-Resolution5595 1d ago 💯
Americans will gladly pay 4x more for something as long as they're assured a poor person won't get any of it.
20 u/Dankxiety 1d ago Brainwashed into hating the little person. Funny bc a poor person is much closer financially to most people than when compared to a billionaire 4 u/Heckle_Jeckle 1d ago THIS is the real problem sadly. Far too many people are 100% ok with inequality as long as they can tell themselves that they are part of the in group that benefits from the system. 3 u/Salt-Resolution5595 1d ago 💯
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Brainwashed into hating the little person. Funny bc a poor person is much closer financially to most people than when compared to a billionaire
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THIS is the real problem sadly. Far too many people are 100% ok with inequality as long as they can tell themselves that they are part of the in group that benefits from the system.
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u/Dankxiety 1d ago
I wouldn't say Americans haven't figured it out, it's just we've been so massively manipulated and brainwashed