• DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This is a side effect of deregulation of both corporations and the stock market. I think that we’re going to see the pendulum swing towards more regulation and consumer-friendly policies here in the US. I don’t see that lasting for the long-term, though. There are too many vulnerabilities in the political system that allow asshole billionaires to manipulate it.

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      2 months ago

      it’s not the system that is the problem, it’s the lack of class consciousness, in America the rich have it, but not the working class