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If you were born in an advanced economy in 2000 you've lived through at least two recessions, weak growth, rising inequality and asset prices, and high cost of
by 40acres 7y ago
If you were born in an advanced economy in 2000 you've lived through at least two recessions, weak growth, rising inequality and asset prices, and high cost of schooling. Yes, capitalism isn't really looking great right now.
- zzzcpan 7y agoCapitalism never looked great for most people, it didn't start in 2000, it's a system for the rich to exploit the rest after all. The difference today is that internet is not a top down propaganda machine and people are not as easily persuaded to accept the system. On the internet people have access to plenty of opinions pointing out the problems of capitalism.
- zip1234 7y agoContrarian opinion--you've lived in two boom times with high growth and have more knowledge that is easier and cheaper to access than any other time in human history.