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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 63 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] takeda@lemm.ee 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Since 1975 $79 trillions flew from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. That's twice amount as our current national debt.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 38 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Reagan was a putz and we were a bunch of schmucks

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Lemmy is broken. It's only letting me upvote you once. I want to upvote many times.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago

Hey, that's not fair. We still are a bunch of shmucks!

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Some of the graphs are useful, but the message that site is pushing is weird gold-bug propaganda.

[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] shadowDingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And my 19" Bad Dragon dildo!

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And my industrial sized bottle of lube!

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

And my 48 horsepower fuck machine!

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Katniss save us!

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 months ago

And tonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and dismantling the most successful and popular government program in history.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Initially read as "eaten". Disappointed when I re read.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same. But, if we beat them first, they might taste better.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

👍 tenderizing is a time honored culinary technique.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

Always a good idea to tenderise your oligarchs before consumption.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 months ago

That's the amazing thing human society. We all hold the power controlled by the few. Yet we all choose to believe that we can't do anything about it all.

It was the same in the beginning, it was the same in the ancient past, it's still the same today.

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bernie shows us that US politics could be better, its just not.

[–] tastysaganaki@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I have a huge respect for Bernie. During his first presidential run, he got many young people at the time (myself included) engaged politically and hopeful. I know he’s got lots of detractors, but frankly, lots of people online shit talk lots of things be it about politics or anything else, and typically don’t offer tangible solutions themselves.

[–] waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

i wish i could still believe that, bernie. i have become so jaded.