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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by FpUser on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:59AM (#48394586)
>"If we take the top billionaires in western liberal democracies today, they do not extract wealth from the average worker (there’s no duress, for instance)"

Yeah, right. Soviet level propaganda

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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by andsoitis on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:13AM (#48394680)
If you can explain the mechanic, I’m all ears and open to change my point of view.

> Soviet level propaganda

I’d be careful not to conflate billionaires in Russia with those in western liberal democracies. Totally different.

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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by insane_dreamer on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:03PM (#48402268)
> I’d be careful not to conflate billionaires in Russia with those in western liberal democracies. Totally different.

Actually, they're pretty much the same.

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