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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by dragonwriter on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:57AM (#43571585)
The system wasn't named “capitalism” because it systematically favors the working class, I mean, what do you expect?
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by colordrops on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:36PM (#43573629)
Where in the US constitution is capitalism mentioned?
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by thfuran on Thursday April 03, 2025 @03:34PM (#43574327)
What's your point? The tax code isn't in the constitution either.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by colordrops on Friday April 04, 2025 @02:19AM (#43578879)
The point is that this isn't some fundamental property of our society that we all agreed to. It's de facto capitalist, not de jure. Just because a bunch of people pushed it one way doesn't mean we have to throw up our arms and just go with it.
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