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thoughtcrimeboss
@thoughtcrimeboss
I hear the left talking a lot about the class struggle and how the system is designed to benefit the rich. Yeah no shit it is, probably because every 4 years Americans continue to vote for rich people to rule over them. Every Democratic and Republican candidate for my entire life has been rich. Kamala Harris didn't even know how to hold a shovel. But if you have the guts to vote for a third party candidate who isn't obscenely rich, then you get yelled at by the same people bitchin' about rich people. Keep voting for the rich folks and they will keep using the power you give them to benefit themselves while simultaneously pretending to be "for the people". The only time a rich major party politician is going to actually help the working class is if it benefits themselves somehow. They are just buying votes, they don't care about you.
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Greg 🎩
@gregory-1967
I have yet to find people in the world who have worked to support the weaker segments of society without causing even more destructive effects on the community......
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0xl0wlevelcr0w
@l0wlevelcr0w
They exist. You won't find them in the mainstream political parties, or at least not without getting co-opted for other means, as they are in the fringes, but they are there.
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Greg 🎩
@gregory-1967
In different countries, we've seen that sometimes these individuals ended up in the main sectors and ultimately caused more harm to the people. For example, look at Cuba.
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0xl0wlevelcr0w
@l0wlevelcr0w
Could you elaborate on the Cuba example? I'm curious to hear more, but will also say that its near impossible to implement anything that doesn't cause people who benefit and people who will be negatively impacted, and shouldn't really dismiss attempts because not every single person is benefitted by a policy.
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Greg 🎩
@gregory-1967
The example of Cuba is lengthy, but one thing is very clear: individuals from within society who aimed to help the middle class ended up causing harmful consequences. These individuals intended to support the weaker segments of society, but there must be a source to provide such help. Either wages need to be increased, or resources must be allocated for public welfare, and so on. The ultimate result of such policies often leads to capital flight from the country, which has irreparable consequences for GDP and the labor market. Eventually, after years of resource mismanagement and poor policymaking, the burden falls back on the people, causing widespread poverty. This is why free markets have consistently proven to be more successful.
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0xl0wlevelcr0w
@l0wlevelcr0w
Like I said, there's gonna be winners and losers with policies. In Cuba, the wealthy and Middle class don't benefit well, and the country might not have more money than the US, but it's not bad for the poor. They enjoy education better than the United States, their Healthcare is better and income inequality is significantly lower than the unites states. If the measure of a countries success is the amount of money in their economy, then Cuba def loses. But their quality of life for the poor is significantly better than it is in the US.
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Greg 🎩
@gregory-1967
Welfare, standard of living, and the ability to progress in a country are also important, and in Cuba, we even see power outages at certain hours.
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