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I Will Take 'Crony-Capitalism' For 500

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I Will Take 'Crony-Capitalism' For 500

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crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.ml ·
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Trump is building a new $200 million ballroom at the White House

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    ( ^◡^)っ✄╰⋃╯

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Lib. “Crony capitalism” is not a thing. It’s just capitalism. There is no form of capitalism that doesn’t involve cronyism, that is just the natural conclusion of private ownership.

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      I agree with you 100%, and Marx was very clear that capitalism is filled with theft and oppression. It’s nice that Marx also at times rested his critique of capitalism abstracting all the crony-ness and analyzed capitalism with ‘good intentions,’ showing that even without the oppression/theft it’s a failed system.

      edit: misread!

    • crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Amen, to that! ☝️

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        Then why did you call it that lol

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          I like to blatantly call it out for those that are still struggling with it. I understand for those like us, it is redundant.

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            That is not only not helpful but actually bad. You’re just muddying the waters.

            The communists disdain to hide their views and aims

            You are doing the opposite of blatantly calling it out you are reinforcing those who may be still struggling to understand in their assumption that this is the “bad” capitalism and leaving open the idea there is some sort of “good” capitalism.

    • zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Came here to see this

      • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        I am to please. (unless you are bourgeoisie then I aim to do a different thing but I still aim).

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    Oh, another “look at me, I’m fucking y’all raw and nobody can will stop me”

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      We should. It would be less painful to somehow coordinate everyone to DC than it would be to just live these next three and a half years. I dont want to know what we will be by then at this pace.

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        That’s why i crossed “can”. I know he can be stopped.

        Last time i checked, he’s not Invincible ( read it silently, like in the animation opening )

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    Building an opulent ballroom while making sure millions will lose their homes, go without healthcare, and starve? This sounds like the last days of the French monarchy.

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      It’s actually just a distraction. The real corruption is the 5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the 1 trillion in healthcare cuts for Medicaid to partially for it. If you’re talking millions you’re being distracted.

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        Even fucking billions don’t count for much any more.

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    He’s seriously going full force on the Midas Touch.

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      always has been, you can see pictures of his properties, tacky as fuck

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      The Midas grab

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      Midas Touch.

      And he touched it too much

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        i didn’t know midas was underage

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    Crony capitalism is just capitalism

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    Communist January 6ers in the ballroom in 2033:

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      inshallah-script

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    He is planning on never leaving. Or he wouldn’t bother. He doesnt do things with foresight unless FOR himself.

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      This is just to distract you from him being a pedo

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        Also true

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    The scary part about the ballroom is that he wouldn’t be building it at the WH if he expected to be out of there in 3 years. He’d be building it at Mar-a-Lago or something.

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    Aka regular capitalism

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    • will be paid for by Trump and unidentified donors

    lol like that fat ass will ever pay for anything with his money.

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      Unidentified donors, also known as taxpayers.

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    Need all that room to play hide and rape the kids.

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    One of the new episodes of Gumball has the answer to this. I never thought I’d see a kids show so blatantly just say it… EAT. THE. RICH.

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      I haven’t seen any of the episodes in the years. But considering the creator of the show is French. If there ever was going to be one, it would be his lol.

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        I recommend the new series. It’s a bit more adult. It’s kind of more grown up just like the kids that watched the original are more grown up so far. I’m 5 episodes in and it’s solid. Still retains that same frenetic spirit.

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          I will have to see if they’re upon max or whatever it’s called now. I no longer have a cable subscription or any way to watch it like that.

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            I think its on Hulu or disney. I know Ive scrolled past it on them

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      Didn’t Fairly Oddparents do something similar with like a labor unity thing?

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    I would think this guy was being so over-the-top cartoonishly evil on purpose just to get us to grow a spine and rise up to overthrow the corrupt government if we were actually growing a spine and rising up to overthrow the government.

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      It won’t happen, under Capitalism, they have a large part of the working class, PMC class, walking on a salary vs debt thin edge, too afraid to change anything because their world would fall apart. It is a devious plan and it works, prevents them from grabbing pitchforks, and often even attacking those that are trying to rise up against the oligarchs.

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    There is no ethical capitalism

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