>father: yes my son, everyone is born equal. you can be anything you wanna be when you grow up
>teachers: Listen well class. Capitalism is great because in the past kings, nobles, feudal lords oppressed the common folk, slavery was a thing
>but that all stopped with the age of Enlightenment and the people are now free and equal :^)
reality: people are still divided. Instead of birth status now it's money that separates everyone. Same shit, different dressing. Classes still exist.
Oh you have money? Well, then, laws don't really apply to you. The more money you have the less you should be concerned.
yeah, a lot of people are basically just glorified slaves. Well, you can't blame society, duh. It's their choice to literally work themselves into the grave for a few pennies. Nothing we can do. :^)
Have you heard of democracy btw? It's great. People are brainwashed from birth to believe their choices actually matter. hahaha, it's the biggest joke in history. Basically it's like the old feudal system, except they think they are in control - get a load of that bullshit. Politicians actually have the police, army in their pockets, so should the people start protesting too much, they can just use those to disband them. Violence schmiolence. Who cares. It's in their best interests afterall to obey! :^)
Boy, and did I ever tell you about corporations? Well, they've gotten so big,they're actually competing with the state for power. Buying a few politicians here, destroying the environment over there, who cares about greenhouse gases when you can have PROFIT. Sweet sweet profit. It's all that matters. Eh, threw some dollars at some orphans, it's good PR, people love that shit.
Welcome to the 21th century!
>>57945442
because you are learning to think for yourself now
congratulations
reported for violating rule no. 2
>>57945442
Happy 14th birthday OP.
>>57945805
very masculine jaw and that leather jacket+sunnies combo is badazz makes my boipucc wet..
>>57945442
you know you can get banned for being under 18 OP
>>57945774
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>>57945920
I love how none of you have any arguments so you're just shitposting.
>>57946361
Just wait 4 more years until you turn 18 and you realize that all your whining about social injustice isn't going to pay your bills or put food on the table
>>57946361
Nobody wants to waste literally hours explaining how society and economy functions from the basics to you.
profit is all that matters and the search for profit is what keeps the system going, this isn't bad, what is bad is that with these profits they can change regulations to fit them.
if you bother working hard you can totally become part of the upper classes.
>>57946486
Just wait for however long it takes for you to grow a brain and realize that even those who work may not be able to pay their bills or put food on their table. But that's fine, cuz it doesn't happen to you :^)
There'll always be people on the top and people on bottom, it's natural for some people to step on others in order to achieve a higher status. Once you accept this and stop giving a shit, your own life will be better. You are the only one who you have influence on, you can choose not to participate in a corrupt system. Of course you will pay dearly for it but that's the price of morality
>>57946673
Also doesn't matter because in the end of the day the only person who gives a shit about you is yourself. If you can't make the sacrifices necessary to get a better life then you deserve poverty.
this pole is almost worst than the cp one
>>57946673
if your work can't sustain you it means that your work is not worth enough to sustain you, or maybe you live in the future where robots do everything and humans have no hope competing in the labor market.
Back in the day it was economically profitable to conquest entire civilizations and sack every city, razing everything to the ground and stealing the sweet loot, land, and people for yourself. We've improved a bit luckily and compete through capitalism.
>literally defending government crushing people's souls into slaves
if you can't defeat them join them, right?
>>57947106
Yes because the only other options are revolution, making your own country or commune in the middle of nowhere, or going back to older models of government where people physically crushed other people into literal slaves. What do you do yourself?
>>57947204
>there's only one economic option, everything else is impossible to succeed
>you want rights? don't complain, things were worse in the medieval times
>>57945442
>people are still divided
Duh
>Instead of birth status now it's money that separates everyone
Money is infinetely more easy to acquire
>classes still exist
Duh again. Capitalism doesn't promise equality of outcome, only equality of opportunity.
>Oh you have money? Well, then, laws don't really apply to you. The more money you have the less you should be concerned.
If you have money, the government is going to find excuses to take it away from you.
>glorified slaves
The thing is while they are slaves de facto, they are not slaves de jure.
>democracy
Awful idea that is kept from destroying society by obfuscating the public
>corporations
Were FAR more powerful in the past. Trade companies had their own navy, with guns and all, Pinkertons used to be bigger than the US army. Corporations were neutered in comparison with the rise of the state's power.
>>57946843
>Austrian School meme
Hahaha. You've got to be eighteen to post here.
>>57946843
Ron Paul unironically believes inflation is theft from the future, you can go watch his debate with Krugman if you want, but it really seems more like he's let ideological values get in the way of practical monetary policy (encouraging spending is fine tbho)
>>57947821
>inflation is theft
It is though. You are decreasing the value of all money held by other people.
>>57947060
Why do Austrian believers unironically want a return to the gold standard?
Have you read at all into why it's been almost universally abolished?
>>57947887
And is deflation charity?
A yearly ~2% incentive to encourage spendings and investments is a good thing, paying people to hold onto their money rather than consume or invest would be awful for the country, despite supporting your ethics
>>57945442
This is cute, 19th century logic. Less than 10% of the population feeds the other 90% with plenty of food to export oversees. Manufacturing and distribution is less than 40% and can crank out more than we need. The US labor force participation rate is about 63%. Almost 4 out of 10 people over 16 who could be working are not.
The problem is oversupply and a mismatch between the skills people have and those the jobs require.
>>57947456
This is sorta the oddest economy info graphic I have seen.
Not for misinformation, but because there isn't anything that is out of place at first look. And thats odd.
>>57946486
Actually..... It does
>>57946801
You have posted this since 2011, and I honestly appreciate you for it.
>>57947580
>If you have money, the government is going to find excuses to take it away from you.
Watching the news recently?
>>57947758
Do faggots understand the difference between minimum hiring wage, and whats good for the economy?
>>57945442
Your father was right, race doesn't exist, it's only skin colour.
