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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j9xmyfw wrote

Reply to comment by eairy in TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment by alexwasashrimp

What I’m reading is that the wealthy hoarded wealth and exploited workers and created vanity projects during lean times to prevent outright revolt

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TheDetectiveConan t1_j9xnsfx wrote

Paying people to perform work as an excuse to pay them without them feeling like failures is the exact opposite of hording wealth.

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MarioInOntario t1_j9xpxry wrote

Yea and lets not forget this was during the 1800s. If you were an average working class person in Britain, the alternatives were literally dying of starvation or indentured servitude.

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j9yrnud wrote

What about paying them to avoid them storming your home and killing you for exploiting them?

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[deleted] t1_j9ytick wrote

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j9yv7qz wrote

Wow. That is an incredibly privileged and mentally unhealthy viewpoint.

You really don’t think crowds of starving peasants would want to kill the wealthy eating steak?

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[deleted] t1_j9zv52h wrote

Socialist

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_ja0jie8 wrote

You say that like it’s an insult. What are you? A capitalist? Cause capitalism is literally making our planet unlivable.

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[deleted] t1_ja0p0ve wrote

Socialism? Capitalism?

I detest in all ideologies equally.

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