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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

LADDERS IN EASTERN EUROPE

Picture of wrongly constructed ladders

ANTI LADDER ACTIVISTS: "LADDERS ARE JUST A BROKEN IDEA, THEY WILL NEVER WORK"

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That is not even close to what communism is. This strange analogy best fits the capitalist concept of trickle down economics. Someone will steal enough money from the workers to become a billionaire and then will give money back to the workers. This isn't and has never been an actual function of capitalism.