GENEVA (AP) — Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009, a U.N. report said Monday. The...
  • queenjamie [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I know an Elon Musk STEM-lord fanboy who literally told me "you can't use the pandemic to judge how bad capitalism is."

    • opposide [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Vaccine distribution is intentionally slowed because it is made to be profited off of instead of equitably distributed

      “Yes but that’s not REAL capitalism”

      • queenjamie [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        He's definitely one of those "REAL CAPITALISM NOT CRONY!" type of smooth-brained idiot.

      • ShoutyMcSocialism [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        There's an element of truth to that only in that the system works best when absolutely nothing is going wrong when maximum gluttony can be achieved. Any time there's even the slightest bit of trouble it's an absolute cluster fuck.