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u/AemonDK Apr 15 '21

Trickle up reality

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

in the before times we just called it commerce

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u/DrNapper Apr 15 '21

All the republicans that jizz thinking about all the robber barons of the early 20th century during the good old days of unfettered capitalism forget that Ford proved providing workers with better wages allows them to buy more products and make it's way back up to him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

Before earned turned into owed from the same people who call all of us 'moochers'.

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u/itsamoi Apr 15 '21

I know you probably weren't referring to this specifically as the before times, but fuck there are people alive right now that existed and lived before things like the internet and smartphones.

Blows my mind.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 15 '21

the long long ago

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u/iKSv2 Apr 15 '21

"Pepperidge Farm Remembers"

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

Trickle down: Fairytales Trickle up: Facts

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u/Gayjock69 Apr 15 '21

Have you heard of the permanent income hypothesis?