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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Understood.

Please cite, with examples from reality, better systems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

1940s American socialism. Which lead to the greatest income distribution for American families

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Strong example!

I’m curious if we would call this time period socialism or capitalism being held in check.

The era of high taxes on high income was definitely beneficial to more Americans than today’s low tax structure.