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We need anti-trust, break up these companies into smaller competitors and give workers a chance to buy into the American dream again.

• hnhmp 3y ago
  While I don't disagree with the notion of breaking up big companies, a have a small bone to pick about the last thing you said. The American dream was never intended to apply to more than a very specific subset of the population; those that we see with the majority of wealth today. It's already worked for those it was meant to work for, and consequently it will never be fought for again. At least, not by those with any real power today; they got what they wanted and have been pulling up the ladder on everyone else ever since. Let's quit trying to buy into the American dream, and try buy into a just and fair society for all. If only that were the goal all along :/
  • birdyrooster 3y ago
    The American Dream to me is a just and fair society for all and I see equitable (as is feasible) ownership of the means of production as being foundational. We need everyone to be cut back into the deal somehow and anti-trust is one way to do that. I think we are looking for the same things.
  • autoexec 3y ago
    > The American dream was never intended to apply to more than a very specific subset of the population In recent times it's still been sold to everyone as if it were equally obtainable and anyone who found themselves unable to get ahead despite their hard work was told it was their own fault and they should have tried tugging harder on their bootstraps. I agree it's time we stop thinking about the American Dream the same way. We need to either accept that it'll be out of reach for many no matter how hard they try or we change things so that's no longer the case. We can't fix it as long as we continue to buy into the fantasy that it's not broken.