royaltheartist

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by royaltheartist 6y ago
The system we live in is one in which everything is in the control of the elites. Who makes all the decisions about technology? The CEOs of massive tech firms. Who makes all the political decisions in government? To a person almost exclusiv
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Have you seen the footage coming out Chicago, New York and Portland of police beating people in the streets? You might want to ask what country is putting the jackboot on people's necks to maintain social order
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Any system which allows for communal control of the means of production and for people to make economic and political decisions for themselves.
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Well, the shorter answer is that ownership and control of capital is where their power derives from. Thus, they get to make the decisions of how wealth is distributed, and it mostly benefits themselves
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Compared to the wealthy who have enriched themselves
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
The stock market did not go up because of the increase in people's incomes. It went up because of several trillion dollars worth of cash injections from the Federal Bank. For everyone else, unemployment has pushed to 10% on the low end
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Weird how the people with all the power also have all the wealth. Must be a coincidence.
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
The rich have control of the political system and constantly pass and enforce legislation that benefits them. Weird.
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
40 million people are on track to being evicted in one of the biggest economic downturns in history. Except, the wealthy just got even more wealthy. This system is a failure for everyone that isn't in the 1%
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Those are political decisions.
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by royaltheartist 6y ago
Nobody ever "takes" anyone else's job. Management makes the decision to fire some workers and hire others to save costs. And they'll keep doing this to save more and more money. As long as every company is driven by thei
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by royaltheartist 7y ago
Ban cars
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by royaltheartist 7y ago
If only there were a difference between murders and freak accidents.
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by royaltheartist 7y ago
By the amount of attention this issue gets, one might actually think it were a real problem and not something that a specific segment of the population really wants to focus on. Even the open letter itself only mentions "conversations&