The richest 10% own 70% of the country’s wealth

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socialism is worse

it's better to understand what wealth is first.

If you didn't need money, would you be wealthy? :jbhmm: does money hold actual value or is it just means of exchange :jbhmm:

I used to think like most here when it came to "hoarding wealth"....this is a lie. The rich spend like crazy.

It's just not obvious why they have so much money when the only thing most people do here is work for money (FYI this is the most inefficient way of earning money period)

what if you could create things that people would give you money for? :patrice::hubie:
 
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socialism is worse

it's better to understand what wealth is first.

If you didn't need money, would you be wealthy? :jbhmm: does money hold actual value or is it just means of exchange :jbhmm:

I used to think like most here when it came to "hoarding wealth"....this is a lie. The rich spend like crazy.

It's just not obvious why they have so much money when the only thing most people do here is work for money (FYI this is the most inefficient way of earning money period)

what if you could create things that people would give you money for? :patrice::hubie:
You say working for money is inefficient but who determines that to be so? 48% of workers in the United States make under $32,000 a year. Most people spend their whole lives barely above water. Only about 40% or Americans could come up with $1000 in the event of an emergency without going into debt. If we remove the 10% of Americans that hold 90% of the wealth then that's like 30% of the rest of Americans.

You're talking about socialism and I'm talking about the cost of living and what people are being paid being reasonable enough that people don't have to spend their entire adult lives working to pay a mortgage, keep a roof over their head, and raise a few kids.

Our society is built off the backs of economic debt slaves who mostly live to work while the rich elite reap the fruits of their labor and don't fairly compensate them for it all the while raising the cost of living to keep people right where they are.

When 10% of the population has 90% of the wealth that's hording. There's no other way around that. It would be like if I told you that a race that's 13% of the population accounted for over 40% of the population in prison and you try to downplay that like it's some sort of natural occurrence. Just like that 13% of the population is targeted that 10% of the population is hording. Both are by design and not natural.
 

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You say working for money is inefficient but who determines that to be so? 48% of workers in the United States make under $32,000 a year. Most people spend their whole lives barely above water. Only about 40% or Americans could come up with $1000 in the event of an emergency without going into debt. If we remove the 10% of Americans that hold 90% of the wealth then that's like 30% of the rest of Americans.

You're talking about socialism and I'm talking about the cost of living and what people are being paid being reasonable enough that people don't have to spend their entire adult lives working to pay a mortgage, keep a roof over their head, and raise a few kids.

Our society is built off the backs of economic debt slaves who mostly live to work while the rich elite reap the fruits of their labor and don't fairly compensate them for it all the while raising the cost of living to keep people right where they are.

When 10% of the population has 90% of the wealth that's hording. There's no other way around that. It would be like if I told you that a race that's 13% of the population accounted for over 40% of the population in prison and you try to downplay that like it's some sort of natural occurrence. Just like that 13% of the population is targeted that 10% of the population is hording. Both are by design and not natural.
what really is the "cost of living"

if it got down to it....could you move to Wyoming and live on less?

at what point do you not need money....it's at that point that the supposed hoarding begins. If you could sell something that you bought for $100 and sold for $200. How many times would you buy it for $100? :jbhmm:
 

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what really is the "cost of living"

if it got down to it....could you move to Wyoming and live on less?

at what point do you not need money....it's at that point that the supposed hoarding begins. If you could sell something that you bought for $100 and sold for $200. How many times would you buy it for $100? :jbhmm:
The cost to buy a home, a car, an education. Most people can't afford to buy these things outright so they go into debt to get them and get introduced into economic slavery. The cost of health care. These are the core expenses of our lives. The cost of them is kept so high the common person can't afford them with out taking on long term debt that last a third or even half of their adult lives.
 

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It can only happen with socialism.
Its socialism that creates monopolies
Its socialism that created the .01%
lol, breh. I don't see anybody suggesting land seizure and the nationalization of Facebook although I don't want to give people ideas.

But the idea that you can't leave a job because you might get sick is some next level bullshyt.
 

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The cost to buy a home, a car, an education. Most people can't afford to buy these things outright so they go into debt to get them and get introduced into economic slavery. The cost of health care. These are the core expenses of our lives. The cost of them is kept so high the common person can't afford them with out taking on long term debt that last a third or even half of their adult lives.
what you don't realize is that your problem...and most people's problem isn't economic slavery

its mental slavery :skip:

you've been DUPED...literally duped into thinking the American Dream = The American Standard of Living

Hopefully,you wake up before it's too late

:laff: SOCIALISM???:mjlol:
He didn't lie
 

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what you don't realize is that your problem...and most people's problem isn't economic slavery

its mental slavery :skip:

you've been DUPED...literally duped into thinking the American Dream = The American Standard of Living

Hopefully,you wake up before it's too late


He didn't lie
I'm not talking about "The American Dream" I'm talking about ownership and escaping economic slavery. You aren't living somewhere for free so either you own your home or you're paying the person that owns it. Either way things like housing are prohibitively expensive to the point where ether you rent or take on long term debt to maintain it.

Housing, transportation, health care, education all those things are prohibitively expensive and kept that way persistently.
 
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