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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because the communists were starting to win during and after the Great Depression and to keep them out of government, money was thrown around that created the middle class. And after the competition was destroyed, middle class became redundant and they reversed the wealth pump to extract the money out of that class.