irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agothe economy is a social constructlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down125file-text
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imagethe economy is a social constructlemmy.dbzer0.comirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
Transcript A tweet saying “bruh the economy isn’t even real, we literally fucking made it up, just let people have food wtf”
minus-squareMadrigal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·2 days agoEverything starts to make sense when you realise “The Economy” is just a euphemism for “Rich People’s Interests”.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoyou have to distinguish between “The Economy”, which is the stock market, which is rich people’s interest, and the “socio-economic situation”, which is how much resources the normal people have as income and as cost-of-living.
minus-squareMadrigal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOf course. I’m just referring to the usual propaganda version, which I believe OP was too.
Everything starts to make sense when you realise “The Economy” is just a euphemism for “Rich People’s Interests”.
you have to distinguish between “The Economy”, which is the stock market, which is rich people’s interest, and the “socio-economic situation”, which is how much resources the normal people have as income and as cost-of-living.
Of course. I’m just referring to the usual propaganda version, which I believe OP was too.