next time I hear “there is just too many (brown) people” i swear

  • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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    Those people never die in the wars. The reason there are periods of prosperity after wars is because when many young adults have died, labour has more bargaining power.

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        There also tend to be periods of great prosperity following plagues, due to inheritances and what not. But capitalism has made sure to rinse you of every past penny to prevent generational wealth from being passed down to the poors… So that didn’t happen after COVID

        Ps. Fuck magnum pi and kurt browning for scamming seniors out of their homes and into reverse mortgages

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          Wait what did Magnum PI do? We’re not talking about the mustachioed investigator, right?