Wealthiest country in the world, everyone.
Ok, rant time.
This is how the market is SUPPOSED to work: Demand high, supply low. Suppliers rush in to increase supply with the incentive of profit. Eventually, supply increases and profits become razor thin. Consumers (average folk) win.
BUT, there are certain sectors where monopolies/oligopolies form naturally. Not necessarily because companies are evil, but because it’s simply economically more efficient to do so. Rail being the best example. Why would another rail company build a parallel track to an already existing freight corridor that connects 2 companies?
Banks require to pass through a lot of financial regulation (as they should). Hence, oligopolies form naturally. Same with telecom.
NOW. Let’s look at our utopic market again. Profits should be high where supply hasn’t met demand. NOT where supply and demand are the same. This is very good for those owning the companies (capitalists), but not good for the consumers (us). In our ideal market, this profit reduction happens due to competition. However, we have established that some sectors naturally are prone to less competition.
Banks posting record profits (when banking isn’t exactly a sector that requires crazy investment to meet allegedly crazy increasing demand) is bad for the average person. Same with companies that are in sectors where not much investment is needed. Groceries being an example.
So what do we do to reduce profits in such sectors so that a handful of people aren’t ripping us off? Here’s my opinion:
The state should force oligopolies/monopolies to become consumer cooepratives. If this is too politically infeasible, then raise capital, start a state owned corp and immediately shift the operations to a consumer cooperative (of which every citizen is a member by default).
So TLDR: The stock market booming isn’t always a good thing. Sure, actually innovative corps posting record profits (from the new stuff they’ve worked on) can be a good thing. BUT, boring ass corps which aren’t exactly innovating posting increasing profits means that the consumer (us) is getting ripped off.
Yeah, but most Trump sign houses are suburban McMansions and historic urban estates. Like we keep saying, the die hard MAGA people are thoroughly bourgeois and have been all their lives.
Stock markets go up, but most of that wealth is transferred to capitalists:
✅️ Small-government conservative
✅️ Surviving on government benefits
“I want a government so small it only has 1 function… Giving money to creepy inbred racists”
I see you’ve met my inlaws.
The same people that say the economy is shit because life’s hard and they can’t get ahead are the same ones that point out that the president says the economy is doing great whenever someone criticizes him.
Doublespeak
“Hypocrisy.”
Fuck trump supporters and whatnot, but I cannot help but feel this image is making fun of people for being impoverished. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Believe it’s the point of the post. Voting for someone who supports pulling money from the impoverished and giving it to the ultra-rich… While being impoverished.
The fact that 90% of the population isn’t voting against corporate Democrats and Republicans who support the current taxation and distribution of wealth that supports just 10% of the population to thrive and the rest to struggle is terrible. But they spend millions on advertising and billions on other media venues to push the agenda to protect the status quo.
I get it, but on the list of reasons any Trump supporter is reprehensible, being poor isn’t one of them
The point isn’t that it’s making fun of people for being poor, it’s making fun of the poor voting against their own interests and then insulting others along the way for some reason
They’re poor AND have trump flags in the photo. The “and” is why they are being mocked. Not the poor.
It is not making fun of people for being impoverished, it is making fun of people for voting against their interest, and thinking that by doing so they are ‘owning the libs’
“Don’t even bother talking to me if you don’t have a rainwater collection and processing system for the apocalypse”
Literally the same bucket setup from 28 Days Later. Goddamn.
Shithole country
Fuck you, FEMA! But also, help me, FEMA!
Inflation is at an all time high - FTFY
psh what are you talking about it’s only 4% this month
what do you mean that’s supposed to be an annual rate
For a second I thought you were coming after the Overdrive app.
God I think I know where that is…
Or these fuckers are all so similar I can’t tell them apart.
Drive through Georgia or Alabama. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V
Growing up in GA I didn’t truly understand southern poverty until I drove through Mississippi and Louisiana
Bruh you missed Virginia, both Carolina’s, Kentucky and Tennessee
Or the Carolinas. I’ve seen plenty of places like that around there too
They spend all their money on guns, ammo, and red maga hats - what did you expect in Biden’s Economy? /s about the last part
So true
