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[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were meddling for corporate profit. And if you think corporate profit helps the middle class then I’ve got a bag full of pigshit called “trickle down economics” to sell you.

[–] eatmyass@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

bruh what

How, in your mind, was the middle class in the first world created?

How did the great depression end?

Did Keynesianism not rest upon massive military spending as laid out in NSC-68?