• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, but we did tax the everloving fuck out of the grotesquely wealthy, which made for a stronger middle class.

    That was before they realized they could just pay our traitorous politicians pocket change to lower their tax rate.

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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      20 hours ago

      they always knew, they just stopped for a bit while the state fixed things up for the new deal. then back to the ouroboros dance of capitalism.