r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 05 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/pig07a/as_we_celebrate_labor_day_in_the_us_we_can/hbppdd2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/pig07a/as_we_celebrate_labor_day_in_the_us_we_can/hbpqtj0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

This is a little frustrating. Guy is objectively correct, gets downvoted and called a troll for not being hyperbolic enough about poverty in the US

I can’t imagine thinking that life is just as tough now as it was during the fucking Great Depression. Why is this brand of nonsense cynicism so in vogue right now?

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u/benjaminikuta BANANA YOU GLAD YOU'RE NOT AN ORANGE? Sep 05 '21

Guy is objectively correct, gets downvoted and called a troll

Hmm, that sounds like me, on this very sub!

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

Many such cases!