• ArbitraryValue
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      7 hours ago

      Failure? Most of the world’s people are much, much poorer than even poor Americans, so things could be better but they also certainly could be a lot worse.

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        And that is the Trump and capitalist goal… to take that little bit the American poor still have.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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        Most of the world’s people are much, much poorer than even poor Americans

        Cope harder dear

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    clicks to see why they think that

    PAYWALL

    I guess that answers that question.

    Yeah, I could find a way around it, but paywall screams both money grab and manufactured news, so nah.

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      paywall screams both money grab and manufactured news

      How so? It seems like a basic “money can be exchanged for goods and services” sort of thing and I don’t see any connection between it and a source’s reliability or lack thereof.

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        Then call it a free market decision. Or caveat emptor. Show me your wares…no? Okay, then.