• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      They’d care because if the masses are too poor to afford their products, that’s actually a threat to their power.

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        They would, then, but that is not now. Right now they are concerned with us not having enough children, because capitalism requires population growth, and, as places become richer, they have fewer children. The most industrialized places are in decline, outside of immigration. So this is where you see the consternation of the rich and powerful.

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            3 days ago

            Doesn’t work, places have tried that. The collection of conditions are not conducive to it, for most people. That’s why it is getting very “handmaid’s tale” in rhetoric from a lot of the rich and powerful.