If our goal was to eradicate poverty, we would eradicate poverty.

Mar 7, 2021 · 6:19 AM UTC

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Capitalism has no interest in eradicating something it exploits blatantly & highly profitably
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We will never eradicate poverty because it is endemic to a society with scarce resources
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Too much money to be made keeping people poor
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If their goal was to increase poverty they would increase poverty!
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It would be extremely straightforward, too. Cut military funding, pay people to help others. Doctors without Borders and Engineer Corps. worldvision.org/sponsorship-…
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Please provide an antecedent for the pronoun here.
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A class based politics is the only way
That isn’t the Democrats’ goal. Contrary to what reactionaries believe, they aren’t Marxists. Their goal is just to make poverty more intersectional.
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Capitalism needs poverty to exist
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*their .... they would
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