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Why the Economy Hasn't Crashed Yet

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Jobs are actually so difficult to find rn it's actually insane.
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“Why are capital gains taxes less than labor” what a great question!
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@MJsonniedee From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 1000
I was worried I did my tax return incorrectly for the small business but then I saw Tesla had 0 Federal Income Tax liability on 3.249 Billion in EBIDTA. These corporations are the biggest welfare queens in the United States and they pay the media to consistently blame immigrants and the poor economic woes.
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@corona779 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 4300
We're in the Re-Gilded Age. We're slapping gold on everything, monopolies are back, and all the issues our political parties talk about are social.

Edit: thanks to those pointing out its Gilded, not Guilded - although we should bring back guilds too.
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@g.mo.g8 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 5000
My uncle in finance just bought a second home on a lake, meanwhile I work in healthcare and can’t even afford ONE house in the same city I work in
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@aianyoung From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 9400
Ah yes. The enshittification of the country.
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@thawndoo From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 2200
"He's not gonna let that downturn happen..."

He bankrupted a CASINO. You think he knows what he's doing?
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@petedevriese From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 1400
We are not drifting towards oligarchy. We are in a corrupt oligarchy.
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@RiceBaker100 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 15000
Learning that the economy hasn't crashed because some adult people with money are basically playing pretend that it's fine isn't super reassuring.
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I think a parallel to your idea that "corruption is bad but we've forgotten why" is that vaccines are good, but we've forgotten why - we're so far removed from things like polio and smallpox that the incredible power of vaccines is no longer obvious to many.
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@evillemike2009 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 16000
Holiday spending was up, but unit sales were down - we paid more and got less.
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One thing is for sure. The longer it doesn't crash, the worse it's gonna be when it does...
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@Provid From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 3000
"People are spending more on groceries and rent" > that's NOT A SIGN OF A GOOD ECONOMY.
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@andrewbay8891 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 8900
“i think we’re leaning towards an oligarchy”
the sky is blue
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I wish American politics weren't world politics
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“Why hasn’t it crashed?” They don’t want it to yet.
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@Saironi From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 2500
As long as the 1% is ok , "the economy is fine".
And if the 1% is not ok, then " oh no there's a huge crash and normal people have to bail us out"
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@ediewyse From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 23000
The idea that “top 10% of earners make up 50% of consumer spending” is INSANE.
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@courto1308 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 5600
Friendly reminder, the top 10% are closing in on owning 70% of household wealth in the US while the bottom 50% own around 2.5% of household wealth. Fighting culture wars is a fantastic distraction from the ongoing class one we're all losing.
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@hankschannel From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 14000
Note, this video used to be called "Does the Economy Need Trump?" which is why a lot of the top comments look the way they do! 🤣