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applegrove

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2. Of course. But nobody is attacking the 1% for anything but their actual actions

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 11:31 PM

Mar 2014

than cause distress to millions. Nothing wrong with wanting the 1% to actually admit that capitalism can be both good and bad...... like any system. None of that is envy. Only their handlers want them to feel attacked for no reason. That way they can get the 1% to mount an attack back and open their wallets to the GOP.

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"The Imaginary Epidemic of Envy in America" [View all] applegrove Mar 2014 OP

Oh, I envy; I envy. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #1

Of course. But nobody is attacking the 1% for anything but their actual actions applegrove Mar 2014 #2

Well, precisely. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #3

I'm not envious. I'm angry. Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #4

I envy those who have enough food money for the whole month, to heat their homes etc. I never jwirr Mar 2014 #5

I don't envy their wealth - I want to redistribute it. reformist2 Mar 2014 #6

This is an example, once again, of why I hate Republicans. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #7