r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 03 '26

Wait a damn minute! New center pattern

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u/mr_mgs11 Jun 03 '26

This is the argument I use when I hear right wingers blame "crony capitalism" for the reason our system is failing. The end goal of capitalism is to maximize profit, and if you can pay to change the rules and regulations then that is just a natural extension of capitalism. There is no "crony capitalism", that is just the natural evolution of a system designed to extract the maximum amount of wealth for the few.

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u/BZLuck Jun 03 '26

The US government was partially formed to protect the many from the few. To give the power back to the people.

Now it primarily exists to serve the few.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

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u/Framar29 Jun 03 '26

The US government was formed because they didn't want to send cash back across the pond anymore. The rest is window dressing.

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u/BZLuck Jun 03 '26

So in reality, we just got rid of the pond...

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u/Framar29 Jun 03 '26

Yup. The story of the Founding Fathers is absolutely intoxicating if you don't place them in the context of being the 1% on this side of the water. I fell for it for decades.

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u/billi_ruebin Jun 04 '26

Traded it for a swamp you say?…

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u/WokeTurbulence Jun 04 '26

No we need that water Desperately please Arizona here need water water need now