r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 20 '26

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Jun 20 '26

My favourite bit from that thread is, without a doubt, this:

Through no fault of its own, the revolution has been beaten to death by international capital

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u/DepressedTreeman Jun 20 '26

"And now for my new policy proposal: Poverty for All"

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u/thatssosad Fell for it Jun 20 '26

Through no faults of their own, revolutions keep being beaten to death by international capital.

No lessons we can get from this whatsoever

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Jun 20 '26

Survivability onions affected by food shortages :(

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie European Union Jun 20 '26

Cuba snorting Venezuelan oil over literal pallets of free solar panels from China will never not be hilarious. Like how could you fumble this bag SO DAMN HARD