« Reply #53 on: Tue, 14 November 2023, 07:53:56 »
Were we all much more "part of the team" before currency and its embezzlement?
Absolutey. When all social units were family or village units (and the village was probably mostly cousins anyway) selfishness was not a viable thing.
Life was simply too difficult and not cooperating was simply not an option.
Civilization is a double-edged sword, and regulation is the only means of prevent it from cutting the wrong way.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30
