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Sparkly

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15. I typed too soon!

Sat Feb 15, 2025, 01:17 AM

Feb 15

I just replied above before I read your post.

I agree that there are very few among us who are so wealthy, their money does the work for them - and they own much of the world's fortune. The rest of us WORK.

We need better terms. Capitalism isn't far from the old idea that laborers are underpaid as much as possible in order to provide maximum profits to shareholders or owners; prices for goods and services are as high as 'the market' will bear (consumers, labor).

The fat cats need a perpetual underclass, and somehow they've become very good at hoodwinking them.

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