• Soup@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      “But doesn’t this cost more and take up more space than just putting them side by side and not having the stairs? And the stairs are even dangerous for the person on top!”

      “Ah, see you’re not thinking about how fun it is to shit on other people.”

      “…”

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    That’s not quite it.

    Then thr 0.1% gets all the money, and the failing rich blame themselves for not being clever enough.

    Then the 0.01% get all the money and fly around in golden zeppelins

    And then the 0.001% gets all the money, and our elected officials tell us that if we charge them with crimes, the whole economy will collapse.

    Now eight guys own more than half the population and we’re feeling lean and hungry.

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    Trickle down-economics is like dumping a lot of money in a bottomless pit, hoping it will one day overflow.

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    It works as trickle down housing as well. They want to build luxury apartments, price fix them, and then say that in 20 to 30 years, you might be able to rent them because they’re cheaper.