hst3000: coolmanfromthepast: otherwise-called-squidpope:libertypical:*sigh* Capitalism remains the o
hst3000: coolmanfromthepast: otherwise-called-squidpope: libertypical: *sigh* Capitalism remains the only economic system in the history of economics in which A) it is possible for someone born into poverty to leave it and B) the poverty line is so high that most people below it can own a car, a refrigerator, a cell phone service, and adaptive equipment for disabilities Poverty is the default state. Capitalism is what allows anything besides poverty to be possible. It’s ludicrous how many people believe socialism results in anything but equal misery. Not Poverty, for Some Reason -Straw roof, accrues mold from the rain-Change the flooring as it rots-PIss in a pit behind the house-Tallow candles for light-You and your wife and children share the bed in the corner of your one room-Can’t read your mail, because you don’t get mail, and can’t read-”If it pleaseth the Lord may I marry this woman?”Abject Poverty and Economic Humiliation-Dry inside when it rains up to and possibly including hurricanes-Can walk barefoot without fearing bites or infection-Dedicated bathroom facilities, hot water, soap-Electricity for light, cooking, cleaning, heating-You and your Kids each have their own dedicated room. Also a specific rooms for your butter churn TV and your open cooking fire Oven-Mail you’re educated enough to read, fire department, ambulance/emergency, police presence, sewer, running water, electric, gas, paved roads literally to your doorstep, telecommunications, internet, varieties of entertainment packages-”Fuck capitalism and down with the government! Don’t you fucking tell me what to do!” -- source link