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malokvale77

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3. When the deck...

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #2)

Fri May 30, 2014, 08:32 PM

May 2014

is stacked against you from birth, that is not individual failing.

Just as inherited wealth is not individual success.

We really need to bring back the inheritance tax.

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Inequality and the unfree market [View all] TexasTowelie May 2014 OP

Well, I know which side of this question I come down on........ socialist_n_TN May 2014 #1

What a clear and concise synopsis of where we are today! yallerdawg May 2014 #2

When the deck... malokvale77 May 2014 #3

Success under capitalism today during it's end stages is LARGELY...... socialist_n_TN May 2014 #4

Yes (nt) malokvale77 May 2014 #5

There's a good David Graber piece on why capitalism can't self-regulate starroute May 2014 #6

I've said that last part for years........ socialist_n_TN May 2014 #7