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wyn borkins

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1. Good meme, indeed: Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 11:37 PM

Tuesday

If capitalism is so great, why do corporations need bailouts, exemptions, grants, legal protections, subsidies, tax breaks, and trade barriers to survive?

But when ordinary people ask for help, why is it suddenly called socialism?

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Good meme: [View all] applegrove Tuesday OP

Good meme, indeed: Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else wyn borkins Tuesday #1

I think we should also add that here in the states we must have gotten the dumbest batch of third-rate hacks and posers LT Barclay Yesterday #2

Bravo! Mr.Bee Yesterday #3