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Bet they would taste delicious in a stew.

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It would have a very rich flavor.

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See, people keep saying to “eat the rich.” I say “beat the rich.” Not only is it more satisfying, you can do it repeatedly. You can only eat them once.

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Trebuchets are easily constructed from readily available materials. They require no permits to own or operate, and are capable of flinging the fattest of fat cats well over 100 yards.

#YeetTheRich

#PumpkinChuckinUsingFatcats

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4 points

The superior siege weapon.

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You can eat them after you beat them. The tenderization helps.

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The post above this one in All for me is the one about a guy inviting women back to his place for delicious stew. Now I want to know what the secret ingredient is.

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That is exactly why I was thinking about stew

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But a B-List actor told me it would trickle down half a century ago, so let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and maybe we’ll catch a dribble

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And he was right. You get a trickle down. He didn’t mention the industrial strength wealth pump going up with the business end stuck in your wallet.

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The reason billionaires exist is because people like you and me are overcharged for everything we purchase so they can accumulate the surplus.

The reason why we don’t do anything about it is because we evaluate that we get good value for our money in most situations.

What is that evaluation based on? Our past experiences…

But the only experiences we have to evaluate what our money is worth is us being charged enough that the rich people at the top accumulate an unreasonable amount of wealth.

We never have an experience where those leeches at the top aren’t present to artificially inflate the price of things so we can actually realize how much we’re supposed to be able to get for our money!

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Overcharged and underpaid. They’re dipping from both ends.

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We wouldn’t be underpaid if things were priced according to their actual cost because the actual cost of things is based on the low salary that people make!

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Yet we produce more than ever per hour. So by that account either prices should decrease over time to reflect that, or our wages should be going up. :D

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And we are paying taxes. The only money they give to the government is directly to the pockets of judges and politicians to make decisions against our best interest and to make them richer.

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Temu opened my eyes.

8$ for 4 sponges at Target, no more for me.

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I’ve tried Temu a few times. The quality is such garbage even calling it Chinese crap doesn’t do it justice. It’s basically from doorstep to landfill.

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Yeah I didn’t think Chinese knockoffs could get any worse.

Many products on there basically copy photos of a product and replicate how it looks with the cheapest materials possible.

I got a few good deals but understand it’s NOT going to be high quality tier stuff

So I buy things I’m willing to just toss if it’s no good. I do a refund and they’ll tell me to keep it. Then it goes into the trash.

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It’s literally the same drop shipped stuff on temu. You can order from “local warehouses” and it’s literally the same products. Amazon USES drop shipping. They don’t own it.

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6 for 75ct. Eurocent, so in USD it’s a whopping 81ct. Tax inclusive. Available in both scratchy and gentle.

If supermarkets get away with charging those kinds of prices there’s two things to do: a) Raid each and every HQ to see whether you can nail them for collusion, b) price controls.

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Just imagine the housing market…

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Its a built in feedback loop. Under capitalism, resources are distributed based on capital. But capital is a resource. So its naturally going to concentrate.

We need hard caps on wealth

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Not sure how you achieve that in a world with multiple nations though. Capital is naturally pretty mobile.

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G20 is currently holding negotiations to start imposing a minimum tax on billionaires, guess which country is against that…

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Vatican City? Please, please be Vatican City.

(I know it isn’t)

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Capital is naturally pretty mobile.

Ban export of capital.

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How do you see it play out if we say, in the US, any wealth over the cap gets taxed away.

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It will only cause more capital to go to tax havens.

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Perhaps my first controversial post here. Hmm. No, I’ll be decent. But seriously? Fuck the elites. Fuck them hard.

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Up the butt or dick hole?

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Careful or they’ll mute you for inciting violence

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