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minus-squareIronfist79@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 days agoWhen wages are stagnant and don’t keep up with the cost of living you can’t expect people to run out and spend money. Broke people don’t buy things. Capitalism is going to end up destroying itself.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNo. Capitalism is going to end up turning us all into chattel slaves.
When wages are stagnant and don’t keep up with the cost of living you can’t expect people to run out and spend money. Broke people don’t buy things. Capitalism is going to end up destroying itself.
No. Capitalism is going to end up turning us all into chattel slaves.