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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 16:34:28 JST Aral Balkan

   Capitalism is a magic system where a relative handful of douchebags screwing everyone over is somehow what’s best for all of society.

   #capitalism

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 14:35:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Stan Kross

     @Stan_the_Buddhist I don’t know about that, Stan, but we still call what you are being an asshole.

   • Stan Kross (stan_the_buddhist@mas.town)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 14:35:36 JST Stan Kross

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     @aral Is this what the kids call virtue signaling? In my day we just called it being reductive or obtuse and people would generally ignore these non sequiturs as the mumblings of someone who didn't know enough to form a valid argument but just wanted some attention. I see you, little fella. I hear you. XX

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 16:45:01 JST Aral Balkan

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     • We Want EVERYTHING! 🌹
     • Patrick McLaughlin

     @McPatrick @BernieWonIowa Hah, nice :)

     Just looked it up too, might not have been Keynes (but might also be) https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/?amp=1

   • Patrick McLaughlin (mcpatrick@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 16:45:02 JST Patrick McLaughlin

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     • We Want EVERYTHING! 🌹

     @BernieWonIowa @aral

     Keynes, as I recall. Not an exact quote, but that’s the gist.

     Ok, fine, I had to go check. Here:

     “Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.”

   • We Want EVERYTHING! 🌹 (berniewoniowa@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 16:45:03 JST We Want EVERYTHING! 🌹

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     @aral

     The worst people doing the worst things for the worst reasons. And we all magically benefit.

     That's the lie of capitalism.

     I'm not sure who first made this observation but it wasn't me.

     #Capitalism