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[–] Barometer3689@feddit.nl 35 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I thought left also meant protection against unregulated markets? Without regulations it is just going to be capitalismplusplus.

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[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (27 children)

middle class is an illusion

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[–] TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago

All great social media does. The secret is that reality favors the progressive left

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

All types of government will have some form of corruption, but I’m not sure how a “free market” ran by people who follow the philosophy that companies only have the responsibility to answer to shareholders will generate wealth for “many.” Unless you’re advocating for trickle down pissonomics?

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[–] Decompose@programming.dev 32 points 1 year ago (22 children)

"Uncorrupt government"

This is as delusional as anyone can get.

A wise man said it all once: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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