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I Will Take 'Crony-Capitalism' For 500

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I Will Take 'Crony-Capitalism' For 500

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crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.ml ·
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Trump is building a new $200 million ballroom at the White House

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  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Building an opulent ballroom while making sure millions will lose their homes, go without healthcare, and starve? This sounds like the last days of the French monarchy.

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      It’s actually just a distraction. The real corruption is the 5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the 1 trillion in healthcare cuts for Medicaid to partially for it. If you’re talking millions you’re being distracted.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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        Even fucking billions don’t count for much any more.

  • xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Crony capitalism is just capitalism

    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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      Unpopular thing to point out in libertarian spaces.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Lib. “Crony capitalism” is not a thing. It’s just capitalism. There is no form of capitalism that doesn’t involve cronyism, that is just the natural conclusion of private ownership.

    • zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Came here to see this

      • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        I am to please. (unless you are bourgeoisie then I aim to do a different thing but I still aim).

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      I agree with you 100%, and Marx was very clear that capitalism is filled with theft and oppression. It’s nice that Marx also at times rested his critique of capitalism abstracting all the crony-ness and analyzed capitalism with ‘good intentions,’ showing that even without the oppression/theft it’s a failed system.

      edit: misread!

    • crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Amen, to that! ☝️

      • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        Then why did you call it that lol

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          I like to blatantly call it out for those that are still struggling with it. I understand for those like us, it is redundant.

          • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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            That is not only not helpful but actually bad. You’re just muddying the waters.

            The communists disdain to hide their views and aims

            You are doing the opposite of blatantly calling it out you are reinforcing those who may be still struggling to understand in their assumption that this is the “bad” capitalism and leaving open the idea there is some sort of “good” capitalism.

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    He is planning on never leaving. Or he wouldn’t bother. He doesnt do things with foresight unless FOR himself.

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      This is just to distract you from him being a pedo

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        Also true

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    Pedo ballroom

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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    The scary part about the ballroom is that he wouldn’t be building it at the WH if he expected to be out of there in 3 years. He’d be building it at Mar-a-Lago or something.

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    Domus Aurea

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    I’m surprised it’ll be in the white house and not in mar-a-lago

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      He doesn’t plan on moving out

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      You didn’t read the article I guess. There is already one at Mar a Lago.

      It also says he and donors will pay for it. Does anyone believe that I wonder.

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        donors

        USA tax payers, probably.

      • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Well, of course. Just like Mexico paid for the wall.

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          Xactly.

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      Can bet construction companies arw going to fuel that money into mar-a-lago projects

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        You’re assuming that the construction companies will be paid

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    Yeah in case you haven’t realised he doesn’t give a fuck about you.

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      This is going to be news to some USAians.

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    • will be paid for by Trump and unidentified donors

    lol like that fat ass will ever pay for anything with his money.

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      Unidentified donors, also known as taxpayers.

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    He’s seriously going full force on the Midas Touch.

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      always has been, you can see pictures of his properties, tacky as fuck

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      The Midas grab

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      Midas Touch.

      And he touched it too much

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        deleted by creator

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    I would think this guy was being so over-the-top cartoonishly evil on purpose just to get us to grow a spine and rise up to overthrow the corrupt government if we were actually growing a spine and rising up to overthrow the government.

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      It won’t happen, under Capitalism, they have a large part of the working class, PMC class, walking on a salary vs debt thin edge, too afraid to change anything because their world would fall apart. It is a devious plan and it works, prevents them from grabbing pitchforks, and often even attacking those that are trying to rise up against the oligarchs.

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      i think that’s actually his plan. prove to the blue states that the right to secession and state’s rights are valuable. this way he pleases his texan voters.

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    Serious question about his supporters: Are they cool with this? Like, hey a $200 mio. ballroom at the white house is exactly what I voted for.

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      Who knows. I know there is a rift that has started within MAGA, over the Epstein stuff. I predict there will be no MAGA as it stands by the end of this reign of Trump, siting incidents like these with the ballroom, Zionist, pedos and more to come. Trump isn’t worried about anyone, especially this term, as it is with all the presidents as they concentrate on their legacy (ego,) not their constituents, and campaign promises. The working class that voted for him will equally get a wake up call by terms-end, a come to Jesus moment.

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    Real small dick energy.

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      This song sums it up perfectly

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    Is it to celebrate the release of the Epstein files?

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