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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by wvenable on Thursday June 04, 2026 @12:25AM (#48393832)
If so much wealth is being created, why is everyone so poor?
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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by WalterBright on Thursday June 04, 2026 @12:39AM (#48393945)
The poor in the US live better than medieval kings.

Look at poverty on an absolute scale, not a relative one.

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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by wvenable on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:15AM (#48394241)
Do they really? The poor have castles and servants and hardly work? No, the real poor work 60 hours a week and live out of their cars. My children, who are not poor, with good jobs still can't afford their own home -- where is their castle, sir?
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