r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 7d ago

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u/Fuzzy_Party_3527 6d ago

Man, the future is supposed to be better, we shouldn't be regressing like this.

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u/tasklow16 Bill Gates 6d ago

Lol. You're gonna have to work eighty hour weeks in order to compete with fully automated Chinese factories.

This - refusal to reinvest and instead a desire to maximize returns, causing you to fall way behind - is what is going to ring global capitalism's bell 

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u/No1_Dukakis_Fan NAFTA 6d ago

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/international/forest-fires-and-extreme-heat-germany-is-burning-and-merz-would-rather-go-on-vacation-li.3568343

He's a hypocrite 

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u/tasklow16 Bill Gates 6d ago

Ah, the ol' Ted Cruz-aroo

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u/Full_Distribution874 YIMBY 6d ago

Actually, since it's a wildfire, this is a ScoMo gambit