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It's nice to spread awareness (to those to whom it's actually 'news' ), but apart from making 3-4 threads every day, do you do something about it? You are supposed to be a genius, after all.

Well once enough people are aware, that's when bigger movements start to form. Right now we're in a very significant period of American history where people are starting to wake up and see that there's something fundamentally wrong with our society and how the government is run by corporate greed.

People are already protesting for free and fair elections which will eventually translate to bigger and more widespread issues such as outsourcing.
 

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Well once enough people are aware, that's when bigger movements start to form. Right now we're in a very significant period of American history where people are starting to wake up and see that there's something fundamentally wrong with our society and how the government is run by corporate greed.

People are already protesting for free and fair elections which will eventually translate to bigger and more widespread issues such as outsourcing.
You've migrated to the US? :o
 

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Yeah you already told me that :p But you didn't tell me you live in the US now :p

Oh yeah lol

I lived here most of my life actually. Haha
 

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The middle class is indeed rapidly vanishing in the west now. For the case of the US, this issue has been documented and discussed at book-length by such different folk as the libertarian Charles Murray and the leftist Robert Putnam. This is in part the reason for the popularity of both Trump and Sanders (as well as the growth of populism in their various forms in the west in general).

[video=youtube;u5-MwZbQdwU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5-MwZbQdwU[/video]
I will watch the video shortly but just want to say a middle-class have to exist for there to be an economy. Who will serve me food at a restaurant if there are only rich and poor people?
 

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I will watch the video shortly but just want to say a middle-class have to exist for there to be an economy. Who will serve me food at a restaurant if there are only rich and poor people?

You'd be serving the rich people. You won't be able to get to afford the restaurant because you'd be poor. In fact there would probably not even be a restaurant because business chains would not exist in a failed economy.
 

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You'd be serving the rich people. You won't be able to get to afford the restaurant because you'd be poor. In fact there would probably not even be a restaurant because business chains would not exist in a failed economy.
Why do you assume I'd be the poor person? I got plenty of money. Anyway, robots will take over 90% of jobs soon so it doesn't matter.
 

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Why do you assume I'd be the poor person? I got plenty of money. Anyway, robots will take over 90% of jobs soon so it doesn't matter.

Because when an economy fails, so do businesses, and then people will lose money and starve. That's what happened in the depression.

Unless you're Bill Gates rich, you're going to end up poor.
 
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Because when an economy fails, so do businesses, and then people will lose money and starve. That's what happened in the depression.

Unless you're Bill Gates rich, you're going to end up poor.
No worries, I'll have bots running my future companies so it won't matter. Also it depends what industry you're in, some will collapse, others will continue to stay on their feet.
 

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No worries, I'll have bots running my future companies so it won't matter. Also it depends what industry you're in, some will collapse, others will continue to stay on their feet.

I don't know why you're arguing this? The middle class is plunging into the poor. That means basic needs will be harder to come by and we won't live comfortably anymore.
 

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I don't know why you're arguing this? The middle class is plunging into the poor. That means basic needs will be harder to come by and we won't live comfortably anymore.
Harder to come by for people without jobs but everything will be replaced by robots so it'll more or less stay the same.
 

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Harder to come by for people without jobs but everything will be replaced by robots so it'll more or less stay the same.

Oh for the love of...
 

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Harder to come by for people without jobs but everything will be replaced by robots so it'll more or less stay the same.

You're negging yourself in this post. XD
 

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Oh my. That is horrible.

-Jack Spicer via his iPhone
 

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Harder to come by for people without jobs but everything will be replaced by robots so it'll more or less stay the same.

damn just damn :|
 

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Harder to come by for people without jobs but everything will be replaced by robots so it'll more or less stay the same.

damn just damn :|
 

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Oh my. That is horrible.

-Jack Spicer via his iPhone

The irony.... Though the cobalt elements are in all phone brands so all of us are a part of this in a way.
 

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And would be like, half the globe jobless.
 
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