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Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why. (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

He's running the country like a business. Like a Casino Hotel business.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I think you're right, he sees the US people as customers rather than employees though.

And a Casino aims to extract as much money as possible from it's customers.

[–] Aidian 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The fundamental flaw is that many see the people as customer or employees rather than the employers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Under this running metaphor, that'd translate to Communism. Which I absolutely think would be beneficial if we could just adopt it today, but I don't think the western world as a whole is ready for that transition.

Under Capitalism, the best we can hope for is employees

[–] Aidian 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh, there’s literally never a fair (or sane) shake under capitalism, especially under the inescapably inevitable “Saturn devouring his young” endgame stage we’re in. Zero arguments there.

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