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[-] eatmyass@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah I’m sure it didn’t, they were just meddling in other countries’ politics just for fun

[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

They were meddling for corporate profit. And if you think corporate profit helps the middle class then I’ve got a bag full of pigshit called “trickle down economics” to sell you.

[-] eatmyass@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

bruh what

How, in your mind, was the middle class in the first world created?

How did the great depression end?

Did Keynesianism not rest upon massive military spending as laid out in NSC-68?

[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Lol. You're conflating the MIC and multi-national corporate profits with the growth of the middle class domestically? You'll need some sauce for your crazy ass theory. Let me know how the United Fruit Company contributed to the growth of the middle class. Did the UFC share their profits with the middle class?

[-] eatmyass@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

TIL trickle down economics is when you do massive military spending and use it to open up new markets in the third world to private interests and then meddle in those countries' politics constantly to keep them underdeveloped neocolonies

bruh please tell me how you think the middle class in the first world was created. Did they all just pull themselves up by their bootstraps?

[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There’s plenty of literature about the growth of the middle class in America and elsewhere and none of it talks about the United Fruit company.

[-] eatmyass@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

There’s plenty of ~~literature~~ propaganda about the growth of the middle class in America

what literature please

[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Stupid tankies asking for sources. That's basically thought police - aren't you bozos supposed to hate the police? Hahahaha gottem.

[-] eatmyass@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

oh shit I'm about to go Tankie Mode (asking for sources)

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