I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[UnionStrong]

coke vs pepsi?

All the worst cities are run by Democrats.

 

[rickyb]

All the worst cities are run by Democrats.

the problem is ppl are passive consumers of information.

theres differences between the 2 political parties. but voting for either of them is not going to solve the problem.

politics is a game of fear. govt makes us afraid, and its our job to make the govt afraid.

 

[Box Ox]

politics is a game of fear. govt makes us afraid, and its our job to make the govt afraid.

How ya gonna do that?

 

[rickyb]

How ya gonna do that?

ive learned lots from jared. never heard of this new guy before but i like him. im 40 minutes deep and this is great

 

[rickyb]

 

[rickyb]

jared from wisecrack philosophy went to ER, waited for 4 hours, had good insurance and was charged $3000 for mental health pill.

he also comments how ty public school system is in LA vs the expensive private school system. talks about some of the toxic culture of LA

hes been living in finland for a few months. says his tax rate is the same but they have no homeless, clean streets, they pay you to do school, and lowest paid workers make much more than north america

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

hes been living in finland for a few months. says his tax rate is the same but they have no homeless, clean streets, they pay you to do school, and lowest paid workers make much more than north america

Obviously he's a racist.

 

[UnionStrong]

Obviously he's a racist.

Last time I checked, ain’t no BIPOC’s in Finland. Nothing but white supremacists.

 

[rickyb]

he said the fins dont view grocery jobs or fast food as stepping stone jobs because the wages are so high there you can raise a family and have your kids go to school for that.

says anyone earning over 100k and you will hear about it in the newspaper. things are much more equal

 

[rickyb]

Obviously he's a racist.

arent you a racist? ive always interpretted you posting that kanye photo as such

 

[Box Ox]

arent you a racist?

Aren't you?

 

[UnionStrong]

Aren't you?

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Slimming outfit

 

[rickyb]

Shrinking net worth of middle class

 

[rickyb]

talks about a 4.5 trillion loan the fed made to banks in late 2019 too

 

[rickyb]

we gotta destroy the capitalist ring before it takes us down with it...

Existential Comics
@existentialcoms
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Jan 7
My one Lord of the Rings hot take is that it's good and I like when Frodo destroys the ring.

 

[rickyb]

These poor local hotel workers have been on strike for a while.

All they need to win is more public support in the streets, on youtube, in the papers etc
This is how power work s.

 

[rickyb]

well looks like its time for another recession bc when unemployment rate is at this level it typically shoots up again. i expect something to happen next few years. its been 2 years anyways, it usually happens every 6 years or so. this is called a trend.?

 

[rickyb]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/cornel-west-is-america-even-capable-of-treating-the-masses-of-black-people-with-decency-and-dignity/2020/08/11/bbc348b6-c836-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html

 

[rickyb]

amazon sells more than 80% of all e books in america?

 

[Box Ox]

amazon sells more than 80% of all e books in america?

Thanks for reminding me to order the latest Kindle Paperwhite today. Gotta have that USB-C port.