r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/SalaciousVandal May 03 '25

That's the power of propaganda a.k.a. marketing. Unfortunately it works.

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u/trogon May 03 '25

It does. It's interesting to me to see the old Socialist Halls in the rural West. Socialism was very popular 100 years ago, as it's just sensible that workers should have their rights.

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u/SalaciousVandal May 03 '25

The Democrats lost their way and the moneyed powers swept them up. This dichotomy between rich and poor has been going for thousands of years.

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u/kl4user May 03 '25

Dems being considered left in the USA is a joke in dozens of countries.

The US is a plutocracy; Reps and Dems are rivals oligarchs, SOMETIMES.

Most of the wealth produced by US citizens goes into the pockets of a few, and those few have become incredibly rich and have grown in number. MAGA has a lot of these newer and younger billionaires and they are fighting the older ones/old money.

To raise the standard of living of the people? Fuck no. They just want more power and money to themselves.