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appmanga

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12. All the right people are fearing Mandami...
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 06:56 PM
Nov 2025

...which tells me he's on the right track. We have people who are trying to justify greed is being a normal component of capitalism, and it's not. Adam Smith believed greed is one of the things that would lead to the failure of capitalism, and greed and self-interest are not the same thing. How foolish are we to allow a person to be paid $1 trillion while we have people who work every day relying on SNAP and food banks? How can any rational person not believe we need a national health policy that would make health care in this country just as affordable as it is in other Western-style countries?

How can so many people who are one paycheck or one illness away from financial disaster be so indoctrinated that they fight against their own self-interests and the well-being of their loved ones to keep the ultra-rich from making their fair contribution to our society? As long as we remain ignorant enough to let the ultra-rich get away with taking more from our country while contributing proportionately less than the middle-class, we deserve what we get.

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Oh. Is he still on? 3_Limes Nov 2025 #1
precisely. B.See Nov 2025 #6
Democratic Socialism means you believe in capitalism, but Baitball Blogger Nov 2025 #2
Who cares? H2O Man Nov 2025 #3
I was going to say the exact thing that you have. So ditto! Greybnk48 Nov 2025 #20
This is the kind of bullshit that makes me johnnyfins Nov 2025 #4
He a TV celebrity and they always have SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2025 #7
All of this bullshit coming from LilElf70 Nov 2025 #5
Maher is not a billionaire. Not even close. nt Celerity Nov 2025 #14
Good LilElf70 Nov 2025 #16
So you put forth a false statement that he is worth at least $2 billion. Abolishinist Nov 2025 #19
I Don't Agree ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #8
I don't understand why you'd be "embarrassed" by Maher supporting capitalism. muriel_volestrangler Nov 2025 #9
I hope that's a recent, for-real, non-AI photo of Maher. Paladin Nov 2025 #10
I think a lot of people are sick TheFarseer Nov 2025 #11
All the right people are fearing Mandami... appmanga Nov 2025 #12
i am sure that "capitalism" has killed many millions of people rampartd Nov 2025 #13
Most people think Democratic Socialism is the same as Social Democracy gulliver Nov 2025 #15
"Pro-Capitalist talking points" Boo1 Nov 2025 #17
Maher is Maher, doesn't read, doesn't know, doesn't listen to anyone who does Warpy Nov 2025 #18
He thinks he knows best tavernier Nov 2025 #21
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