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[–] VeganicTankie@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

communism is when no food you say?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 months ago

sounds like US has finally achieved their own definition of communism :)

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And when Robbery and Theft increases it's because of POOR people and NOT our Full Hearted Billionaire Overlords raising the Prices!

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago

they can only philanthropy so hard before they too become poor and no one wants that!

[–] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 months ago

Taxes, sanctions and inflation, you name them.

[–] JoeDaRedTrooperYT@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it because the rich hoard food, no it's them woke commie k[REDACTED]s.

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[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Crop yields going down because of climate change will keep those prices high

[–] JoeDaRedTrooperYT@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

That kids is the real threat with climate change.

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t worry; when something like this happens, antisocialists always have a back‐up plan.

[–] vaguevoid@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago

better yet, “poor people should stop having children!”

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago
[–] karn_tassen@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Hey saves money and calories, it's been working for me.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes…the prices…not the depression…

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And depressions are cyclical responses by the capitalists to push more people into poverty so further wealth is accumulated.

your point?

[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they meant that they are skipping meal because their depression saps their motivation to cook/get food/eat, it happened to me a lot recently.

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

Mm, understandable. Sorry, tons of drive-through lib commments here recently.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

Why not both?!