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> pacified and domesticated the working class through threat of poverty and state sanctioned violence.

More likely through outright bribery. What's the average hourly wage in the US? About $40? While 90% of workers worldwide earn less than $2. The difference is more than 20 times.

The American working class voted for this, the American working class is the main beneficiary of this, and, as far as I know, NO ONE in the American working class, even in solidarity with other workers, has handed over to them the money they unfairly receive at the expense of the rest of the world.

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> The American working class voted for this

70 million out of ~350 million voted for it.

> American working class is the main beneficiary of this

This is very out of touch with the current economic situation in the United States. It was certainly true for the Boomer generation, but the economic situation and wealth gap disparity has only gotten worse for Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z.

The primary beneficiaries are the rich. As many regime supporters in the working class are finding out the hard way, they are also just resources to be extracted from. ICE agents aren't going to be paid the blood money they were promised. Farmers and manufacturers are getting shafted by tariff policy.

Americans may make ~20x more on average than the rest of the world, but the newer generations still can't afford homes, healthcare, food, etc.

> wealth gap disparity has only gotten worse for Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z

And how much do they make? $35 an hour? Okay, let's even go very safe and go with a large margin, say they make $30 an hour. And compare that to LESS THAN $2 an hour, which is what 90% of the rest of the world makes. That's still a difference of MORE THAN 15 times. You can't argue with math.

> The primary beneficiaries are the rich.

No, that's bs. The main beneficiaries are the American working class. They YEARLY have more income than American billionaires accumulated over generations. They elected Trump. Twice.

Meanwhile, 90% of workers worldwide earn less than $2 an hour.

And how many Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have given up most of their tens of dollars hourly salaries for the benefit of the world's workers, earning less than two dollars an hour? Zero!

> You can't argue with math.

https://inequality.org/facts/wealth-inequality/#household-we...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-wealth-gap-widest-in-three-d...

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