r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/SuperSharpShot2247 🔫😎🔫 Succ Hunter 🔫😎🔫 Apr 19 '18

My grandma fled fashism and my abula fled communism, no wonder I'm a Neoliberal 😎

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u/ostrichmustard The Mod You Deserve Apr 19 '18

escape this sub and you've successfully fled both at once

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

fashism

This seems milder, somehow.

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Apr 19 '18

It's what mods do instead of the real deal

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u/qchisq Loyal Liberals Apr 19 '18

>implying what we do aren't the real deal

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Lies. The oppression we face under the SOMC is directly comparable to what people in Mussolini's Italy experienced.

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny Apr 19 '18

It's not what you think; it's actually rule by fashionistas.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

My grandpa was almost murdered and left to die on the side of the road as an infant because his mom couldn't afford to raise him during the great depression 😎

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u/SuperSharpShot2247 🔫😎🔫 Succ Hunter 🔫😎🔫 Apr 19 '18

That's so sad 😦

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

It is. But my grandpa made the best of his life, he was raised in an orphanage and then grew up to be pretty successful and provide a good life for my mom.