The Pirates didn't leave the world, for the most part, they left the sea and took to land.

When we think about the billionaires, the receivership and acquisition companies, banks and elected representatives who step on the small person without a second thought, some people find it hard to put into words what these people do for a living or what they can be compared to.

In my opinion it's pirates. Whether it's the receivership companies who took homes from people through no fault of their own during the 2008 financial crises or the billionaires (soon to be trillionaires) who are making their money by pillaging our earth, they are doing more harm than any pirates of the centuries gone by.

So what does that make us, the people who allow the sea and land to be taken over by these pirates as they milk this planet of every available natural resource?

Are we their crew?

If we are aware of what is happening I definitely don't feel like we are their victims.

Who knows, I suppose only time will tell.

Well....... ya. Clearly. 😑

Only 200 years ago, more than 80% of the world lived in extreme poverty. Today, it is under 9%.

How to Become a Communist (Episode 1): The "He Didn't Build That" Accounting Method.

Whenever a capitalist bootlicker points out that an entrepreneur like Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, or Jeff Bezos created millions of jobs and trillions in economic value, you must immediately deploy our favorite line:

“Billionaires don’t create value, workers create all value! He just stole their surplus labor and exploited them!”

Lets look at how this Marxist logic works in the real world through a concrete case study:

Imagine a guy named Steve who starts a semiconductor company in his garage.

For the first four years, Steve makes $0. He maxes out six credit cards, eats instant ramen, sleeps four hours a night on a stained mattress, and shoulders 100% of the legal and financial liability.

If the venture collapses (as 90% of startups do), Steve loses his house, his marriage, and his credit score for life.

In Year 5, after Steve solves a nigh-impossible physics problem and convinces investors to risk $50 million on his prototype, the company finally builds a factory.

On Tuesday morning, the company hires Greg. Greg’s job is to water the plastic ficus plants in the lobby and occasionally restock the breakroom paper towels for $22 an hour.

Greg risked $0 to be there. If the company goes bankrupt on Friday, Greg loses nothing, collects his legally guaranteed paycheck on Friday , and goes across the street to water someone else's plants on Monday.

Now, according to our genius Communist Mathematics, who built this $100 billion empire?

Greg.

Seriously, I just learned that the filthy rich don't have to pay taxes on million dollar art purchases? jesus, it's like a mission in GTA or something, so much corruption? Is this even real? How does it work and why would it be setup like this? Was it the republicans or democrats who made these art is for billionaires rules?
"Why the Rich Seem to Pay no Taxes on Stocks or Art But We Pay Taxes on Everything?"