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    1 month ago

    But I was told capitalism was the best economic system in the world! Would the capitalists lie to me?

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      The trick to capitalism is to pay very close attention to who is asserting that it is a virtuous system. Not unlike the proper way to read a fortune cookie, one must add the phrase “for me” to the end of any such statement.