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user-inactivated  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%

    The only way to protect workers is to directly protect workers.

Unfortunately, this is a challenge for many countries too.





kleinbl00  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Civilization is a long, tough slog of protecting the powerless. It ebbs and flows but in the long run, it gets better.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This might be the most optimistic thing I've heard in a while.

kleinbl00  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is a viewpoint forged by, in addition to everything else, reading two thirds of this pig. Things basically get better for everybody until a minority gets prosecuted too much and then all hell breaks loose and persecutions screw everyone. That's true from Babylon to Brussels.

Welcome back, BTW.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you, I'm glad to be back.