StayDoomed@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Here's why Americans under 40 are so disillusioned by capitalism
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7 months agoBring back tax rates of 90% again for the obscenely rich - it was that way up until the late 1900s. Back when the US actually funded things that benefit most people not just tax breaks for already rich people.
I’m no historian but I think you’re being a bit disingenuous here. Someone could have made the same comment before the tinderbox of WWI or WWII started at points.
The similarities are closer than they have been for quite some time. Hopefully you are right though and nothing escalates any further.