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> of the same scale that the military-industrial complex/the executive branch got out of the PATRIOT act/Afghanistan. Given that covid and the subsequent react
by iammisc 5y ago
> of the same scale that the military-industrial complex/the executive branch got out of the PATRIOT act/Afghanistan.
Given that covid and the subsequent reaction realized one of the largest wealth transfers from poor to rich in modern history and led to great market returns for those in power, how can you honestly say this?
Look.. like most people on hacker news I am in the top 1% of earners and due to my industry benefitted greatly from covid lockdowns. But just because we benefited, we cannot be blind to the mass robbery that has taken place. We've literally robbed the poor to pay the wealthy.