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[–] 22 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Sure would be nice if surplus belonged to the working classes to direct towards advancing production, better social safety nets, and reducing working hours while advancing scientifically and developmentally, rather than being directed primarily towards a few wealthy capitalists.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    That’s completely unreasonable, if we did that then oligarchs wouldn’t be able to have different yachts for every day of the week or buy elections. Who are we to ask them to give up the necessities of their lives?

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    if only it were just yachts; the epstein files shows what they actually use the money for and it makes we wish i hadn't looked at them.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    just the continuation of the monied monarchy. we have the solution.

    Nature created neither servant nor master;

    I seek neither to rule nor to serve.

    And its hands would weave the entrails of the priest,

    For the lack of a cord with which to strangle kings.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Don't be a commie! Be content with 40% of the value of your work. They might even give you 41% if you defend your capitalist masters.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    40%? Where do you work because I certainly don't get that high of a percentage

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    FYI, the package is styled as a soviet baking soda pack

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    how do you know what it looked like?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Uhh, I was born there :)
    Also, a lot of household stuff makers just continued making products with oldschool packaging, because it was easily recognizable. So if in the USSR you had THE condensed milk in iconic packaging, now you would have many condensed milk brands, but most of them having some kind of variations of the og package. I even have a magnet with it

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    i can't get over how much it looks like the old hytop brand in the united states.

    The Hy-Top brand of private brand groceries was created in the 1950’s to provide independent grocers and neighborhood supermarkets with a way to help their customers save money on groceries…without having to sacrifice quality.

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