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        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
          hexagon
          ·
          5 months ago

          It's basically this https://elpidio.org/2018/02/12/citigroups-plutonomy-memo-there-are-rich-consumers-and-there-are-the-rest/

          There's like 20% of the population that's comfortable, and nothing much has changed in their lives. They don't interact with anybody who is struggling, and they consume media that tells them that everything is going great. They literally live in an alternate reality from the rest of the population.

      • D61 [any]
        ·
        5 months ago

        "Every time the stock market does well, my post office job gives me a permanent raise!"

        narrator voice: "This has never happened, ever."

      • GrumpigPoopBalls [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        listen jack I'm sipping bottomless mimosas at brunch and my portfolio is through the roof, what is there to complain about/