The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become
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Um, duh. The entire purpose of the finance sector is to invent ways for rich people to get richer without doing anything. So of course they've been allowed to just do wtf they want.
"Letting your money work for you" is the marketing term for this.
The finance sector ain't the problem, of course they're going to do what's best for themselves, that's rational.
Democracy was supposed to be the counter to unfettered capitalism, activity like this. Guess we're collectively too fucking stupid to stop voting against ourselves.
The class war is global and always has been. All we have to do is unite against them.
Dude we don't need examples, you can find it in literally every part of your life.