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Bluesaph

(984 posts) Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:31 PM Mar 2023

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Something I have always said about low wage workers [View all]

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Something I have always said about low wage workers [View all] Bluesaph Mar 2023 OP

KnR Hekate Mar 2023 #1

Yup, and then you have the "movement" to dumb down education. grumpyduck Mar 2023 #2

That explains homegirl Mar 2023 #11

K & R Celerity Mar 2023 #3

time for a national strike GenXer47 Mar 2023 #4

+1 Meadowoak Mar 2023 #5

if only markie Mar 2023 #6

Kick 'em When They're Up, Kick 'em When They're Down, Kick 'em When They're Up, Kick 'em All Around! MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #12

It's too simplistic. For a start, which "capitalism"? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #7

Exactly grantcart Mar 2023 #10

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #16

No need to know. How clever of the scoundrels to Hortensis Mar 2023 #22

Capitalism OWNS governance. dchill Mar 2023 #24

Oh, please, dchill. 230 MILLION people have the vote. Hortensis Mar 2023 #28

You seem like a true believer. dchill Mar 2023 #29

That seems a rather insulting comment; it may not be quite as she puts but yours is also... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #35

Worse than simplistic. Just A Box Of Rain Mar 2023 #23

Which capitalism indeed, overly simplistic to be sure. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #25

Sorry. It's not a dissertation. Bluesaph Mar 2023 #37

Of course it isn't. It is stupidly simplistic. The point is buried in bogosity. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #38

The big picture of what the GOP has in store. With their RW media empire ffr Mar 2023 #8

Rethuglicans didn't care about abortion until they realized it was mostly white women getting them. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #9

Not according to this and other studies. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #26

Yup. MontanaMama Mar 2023 #13

Capitalism is going to collapse. Duppers Mar 2023 #14

once the middle class vanishes and any hope to achieve such Javaman Mar 2023 #18

You need enforcers Trenzalore Mar 2023 #34

The MAGA version portrays Democrats as socialists determined to enslave Hortensis Mar 2023 #15

Very well stated. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #30

yup, that's why it's in capitalisms best interests to keep the people divided. Javaman Mar 2023 #17

Capitalism, and it inevitable offspring Oligarchy and fascism, is the fast track to Magoo48 Mar 2023 #19

Unregulated capitalism leads to monopolies (and oligopolies). From my first Econ 101 course. SharonAnn Mar 2023 #27

I hope that automation SpamWyzer Mar 2023 #20

There's no "like slavery" about it. patphil Mar 2023 #21

It's cheaper than slavery Bluesaph Mar 2023 #33

And much of the time this stuff comes up - I post about this: FDR's Economic Bill of Rights electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #31

Same reason Universal Healthcare is non-existent. Keep people locked into their low paying, dead-end TeamProg Mar 2023 #32

I'm curious, how does capitalism force "them" Abolishinist Mar 2023 #36

Common sense Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #39