Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity.

same as it ever was.

    • triclops6@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The wealthy view this as progress: “we milked more of the production and still have a docile subservient society”

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      1 year ago

      Meanwhile, Thomas Paine and any French revolutionary would be banned and censored on this platform today.

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      1 year ago

      The French revolution saw a shitload more innocent civilians killed than what exists in modern day America.