Since the dawn of time, limited economic resources have always been controlled and owned by a minority and usually not a very nice minority. Even religious faith was controlled You get pie in the sky when you die
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“Even religious faith was controlled” you don’t say 😂
aug 27, 2025, 11:33 am • 0 0 • view
“You get pie in the sky when you die” Well, that’s something to look forward to at least. What sort of pie 🥧 though? I’m not that fond of steak n kidney for example.
aug 27, 2025, 11:35 am • 0 0 • view
"Things have always been unjust" is not a good reason to tolerate injustice, economic or otherwise. Sure, the world isn't fair. But we can make it fairer. The first step is identifying causes of injustice; for example, 'the rich'.
aug 27, 2025, 11:33 am • 1 0 • view
Just need to carefully define what we mean by that word “rich” otherwise, bad things could happen. Got too much cutlery?🍴 Off to the guillotine with you!
aug 27, 2025, 11:38 am • 0 0 • view
Corbyn often uses terms like 'the super wealthy' and such when talking about taxation. If it was some random minister with no previous recorded comment on taxation I'd agree that clarification would be useful, but in this instance I think it's pretty clear from context.
aug 27, 2025, 11:41 am • 1 0 • view
I do recall the whole “he lives in a million pound house” bollox; he does actually live in his constituency after all! A garden shed in Islington probably costs that 🙄
aug 27, 2025, 11:51 am • 1 0 • view
I think it's a bit of an own goal for critics too. He's said on many occasions that basic human needs like shelter should not cost £1m lol. I would probably go even further than that, to be honest.
aug 27, 2025, 11:54 am • 1 0 • view
How much will it take for you to lay off the rich? A score, a monkey? Or would you need to become rich? Thats the million dollar question!
aug 27, 2025, 12:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Checks exchange rate USD EUR… 🤔
aug 27, 2025, 12:30 pm • 1 0 • view
The definition of Trumpeconomics: 'What goes down, must come up.' I'm thinking of putting all my wealth into crypto,...thoughts?
aug 27, 2025, 12:52 pm • 0 0 • view
You go first, let me know how it works out… I’ll wait 👍
aug 27, 2025, 12:54 pm • 0 0 • view
That is Elon Musk's framing of wealth inequality. 'What will the left do when the billionaires run out of money?". It's a bad faith criticism that deliberately misrepresents the aim. Billionaires are not a Scrooge McDuck money vault. They are the apex of a wealth transfer system. 1/?
aug 27, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Money (and 'value') flows from the poor to the rich by various means. The aim is to divert the flow in such a way that everyone has what they need in order to thrive. Not just money but also shelter/food/medicine etc. This is what the NHS does. Or rather, would do without right wing influence. 2/?
aug 27, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
In ostensible democracies like ours, taxation is the means to divert the flow. Public services deploy it to help people. To tax the rich is to divert more of that flow from the people who least need it to the people who most need it. That's it. 3/?
aug 27, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
In practice there are a lot of flaws because we live in a corporate oligarchy, not a democracy. Corporations will oppose taxation, and because we stupidly gave them absolute control of the economy they have the ultimate trump card. Thanks, Thatcher! 4/?
aug 27, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view