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Wycliffe Barongo Obiko
@Barongo (29)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Feb 23
I think there should be a limit to how much money a person can earn because this can help create a more equal and fair society, where everyone has access to the same opportunities. Besides, the pursuit of extreme wealth can lead...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189789)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Nov 22
Many of us are about to enjoy some special time with family and a rest from work. But hard work, integrity, and our deep-seated ethics never take a holiday. We are who we are. We strive to do the very best that we can for...
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joseph anthony yap
@NatsuYeung (264)
17 Jan 22
Just read an article on the settling of a lawsuit against a company said to be exploiting students on their loans.
Especially in the United States, this shows us the ugly side of capitalism where the poor instead of getting help...
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Ustani A
@Charlesbronson (977)
• Indonesia
30 Dec 20
The history of capitalism can be traced back to the early forms of merchant capitalism practiced in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. This history began to develop into its modern form during the Early modern period in...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Nov 20
As you know, my sweat smells like ambrosia and nectar. My natural pheromones have the ability to attract all living things to hug me, including women, children, and Western fence lizards.
But occasionally I enhance my incredible...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
• United States
27 May 19
It always seemed like such an easy concept to me. That is, making a million dollars.
I mean, think about it. You really just have to come up with something. An idea, a product...something.
If you can get $1 from a...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2 May 19
Bernie Sanders talks about making the USA into a "Democratic Socialist" economy. He blathers on about the "virtues" of socialism, but I don't believe a word he says.
Why?
Because he refuses to live the Socialist lifestyle he...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
• United States
8 Sep 18
How the wheels of commerce turn and how job creation is accomplished has always been something of a bit of fascination for me. And it helps, when you start to break it all down, to understand why capitalism, the free markets, and...
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Rebecca Huston
@Telynor (1763)
• United States
25 Jun 18
I like watching Michael Moore's films. He's intense, honest, and while he does get out into the weeds at time, he doesn't hold anything back either. And in this new world we live in, where money is everything, and the vanishing of...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
19 Oct 17
Another poem inspired by Jessica’s (Jekca) @Jessicalynnt Suddendeath Poetry challenge. This time to create a verse around the five words, good, evil, fears, day and night.
Demons By Daylight
I day-nightmare more than I...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Jul 17
Marx had a complicated life full of contradictions. He was born into a Jewish family who had converted to Lutherist Christianity. Marx went to university in Germany to study law but spent as much time reading political philosophy...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
19 May 17
Spoiler alerts
Zombie astronauts on a space-station seems a chilling idea and it works very effectively in an episode that was very scary for such an early airing (earlier than usual due to being followed by the even scarier...
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staycyde
@stacysdeadright (232)
• United States
26 Mar 17
If you had to plan a rally, what would it be about? Would you be standing for something or against something? If I lead a rally it would be against How Big Name Supermarkets throw hundreds of pounds of perfectly good groceries...
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The Invisible Man
@TheInvisibleMan (17594)
29 Dec 16
We live in an extremely materialistic world (which I consider one of the most serious problems of our time), and I believe that all of you should agree with that... But, how far does this capitalism go?
I believe everyone likes...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
27 Oct 16
1936 – Spoiler alerts
Though made ten years into the era of the talkies, this classic Charlie Chaplin movie uses a little dialogue and an improvised closing song, though it remains predominantly silent.
Chaplin is working in a...
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