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Originally Posted by Orruar
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Yes, because as everyone knows, there's nothing a libertarian loves more than when government and corporations are in bed together. Oh wait. No. That's the domain of the two major parties. So are you part of team corporate fascism or team corporate socialism?
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Interesting tangent but no, the implication was simply that the government was tied face down on the bed and the corporation is shoving pineapples in its asshole, which would be the proper libertarian paradise.
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Originally Posted by Orruar
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And to address the point that those two graphs are attempting (poorly) to make:
Corporate profits go back to the shareholders of those corporations. Ask yourself these questions: What happens when the stock holdings of the average American increases? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? What factors might increase our holdings of stocks? What actions are being taken by our government that contribute to these factors?
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If this idealistic, naive horseshit were accurate, the "average American" wouldn't have spent the last decade being buttfucked, now, would they? Obviously those profits aren't making it into the "stock holdings of the average American". Even if your typical middle class porker is investing wisely, that's often nothing more than minor, supplemental income that isn't going to offset their wages and benefits being pillaged.
Blame the government as much as you want, but note that this economic catastrophe followed the most rampant deregulation since the beginning of the last century. Or in the words of Alan Greenspan, "OOPS I WAS WRONG LOL". Yes, the government and politicians played a huge role in the whole thing too, but I'm willing to bet you blame them wholly.
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