FDR had a term that Bernie then used as well: “economic royalists.” They are those who resist policies that take the economic shackles off the average person, defending a system that at its very core finds the empowerment of the masses an annihilation of their cultural identity.

Dec 7, 2020 · 5:23 AM UTC

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The “economic royalist” have lost their souls. “For the same 1.9 trillion cost of Trump’s tax giveaway-the U.S. could afford to completely eliminate child poverty.”
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US poverty is a feature, not a bug Vulture capitalism exploits human calamity to maintain an underclass of desperate low wage workers Grease the wheels, or perish under their grind When the system is already rigged, It's about maintaining the status quo
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You mean capitalist. Marx called them the bourgeoisie.
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I think you mean well, but you are so ignorant on so many levels. Open a history book.
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They want to keep people in their place.
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An economic royalist in all her splendour.....🙏
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If there were a progressive media network, you should be chief communication officer or CEO.
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You are brilliant
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The sooner that notion of financial elitism is consigned to the history books the better