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Slavery: still a thing (lemmy.zip)
submitted 11 months ago by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

(only way to get rich is to work more hours than someone else)

In our current system, this is not how you get rich, AT ALL.
Billionaires aren't people who worked 3 jobs and lived with roommates until they made it. They're not even in the same class as these people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, capitalism was drawn up to prevent that

Turns out that people with money/power will influence laws to their own benefit