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    The boss: steal most of the profit

    The worker: hey stop stealing, i’m the one working

    Idiotic centrists: hEy MayBe You CaN JusT LeT Him SteaL A LittLe BiT

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      You can advocate for wealth taxes, unions, and other welfare measures within a capitalist system. I’m from one of the most egalitarian countries in the world and we are capitalist too.

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        What you’re from norway or canadian or something?

        It’s easier to be egalitarian when your loaded with oil money, isn’t it?

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          Nope, but I’m from scandinavia, no oil money.

          Edit: also, I dont like categorical descriptions, because reality is more complicated. But what is happening in the US is more specifically referred to as “rentier capitalism”. In Scandinavia, we have something like “welfare capitalism”.

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            8 hours ago

            You live in a wood, you genocided the samyz and forced sterilisation was still a thing a couple of decades ago

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              I’m not saying we don’t have things to work on, but it’s not black or white. Social injustice gets reduced over time in a democracy. Name a country that is not capitalist that has never done bad things.