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A good look at what's happening at the end of the road in capitalism. Without workers who have disposable income, there's nothing to sell to anyone anymore. Ruin of the working class results in the common ruin of all classes.

Have a look at this guy's channel, if you're curious to see more. There's more than just this one area. Everywhere is just rotting away.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (6 children)

the top comment blames socialism

this country is so fucked

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Everything good is capitalism and everything bad is socialism. Socialism has never worked and capitalism can not fail, it can only be failed. galaxy-brain

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that the same comment that blames the city for making downtown more walkable too?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

yes siree it is

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Walkable implies people living there and there's like no one on the streets

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The streets were empty back from 2007 to 2019 and it was pretty clear the whole time that it wasn't sustainable, but back then the bars and clubs were blamed

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The top comment blames socialism. This country is so fucked sicko-wistful

Just wait until they see China and find out it's communist building real socialism sicko-flipped

Edit: All seriousness, though, it does suck. We've got quite the fight on our hands here, don't we.

Best we can currently do is continue organizing and increasing political, historical and cultural literacy wherever possible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

If Americans don't like communist California and New York, they can move!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's not just your country, this kind of understanding of politics infects the entire Western world, no doubt thanks to the cold war, and especially modern social media that spreads brainworms.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

“Those damn bike lanes, affordable apartments, and light rails.”

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ruin of the working class results in the common ruin of all classes.

If only someone had written about this before now

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

If only someone had written about this before now

Hmm yes, if only three-heads-thinking

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If capitalists were job creators then you'd think they would eventually create some better fucking jobs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

porky-happy - Better jobs would affect working people positively, which would affect my profit ambitions negatively. That's an interesting idea, so it's against the rules.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Capitalists only create jobs. The lazy, ungrateful "workers" lose them. It's not the capitalists' fault.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Having no suburban-tier treats is like having communism, so this must be communism's fault. marx-joker

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the old taquerias are still operating and thriving there, though, thank the lord

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

bean 🌮🌮🌮

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Trickle-down economics at work!