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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Almost as bad as the worst interpretation of "trickle down economics" I can think of.

Though it's interesting to note that the whole concept does not get better however you try to describe it.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke 11 points 13 hours ago

I believe the horse and sparrow theory is what the Roman's did. Clearly that empire is strong today right?

[–] kyotain 0 points 14 hours ago

It's always been a tounge-in-cheek or derogatory description, like pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, meant to cut through distracting rhetoric: Either make economic policy for the many, or the few will instead horde all they can and pee and poop on the many.