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erronis

(22,510 posts)
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 03:37 PM Yesterday

The History of Wealth Throughout History -- Sarah Cooper

I'm reposting this from struggle4progress - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220028097.

I didn't see this earlier post and Sarah's performance is so wonderful and pointed that I thought it worth another post.


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The History of Wealth Throughout History -- Sarah Cooper (Original Post) erronis Yesterday OP
Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
Well done! snot Yesterday #2
She's on point as always... and this bit makes me shudder thinking about that newly minted Arkansas lottery billionaire JudyM 23 hrs ago #3
Not a billyaire Aviation Pro 23 hrs ago #4
OK, a little more comforting. JudyM 14 hrs ago #10
OMG! That was good! ananda 23 hrs ago #5
K&R! 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #6
Sarah Cooper is brilliant ZDU 22 hrs ago #7
Brilliant. summer_in_TX 16 hrs ago #8
She is great! canetoad 15 hrs ago #9
She's brilliant Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #11
She's a peach! Liberal In Texas 6 hrs ago #12
History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodated Ping Tung 6 hrs ago #13

bucolic_frolic

(53,829 posts)
1. Yup. It's all about laissez-faire capitalism
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 04:10 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)

The guys who eventually mined coal and built railroads had no restrictions on kidnapping people and selling them as slaves. The 1600s, more or less. And they bought grand estates and built castles.

Are deportations a budding slavery system? Any media accounts of what happens to these people?

JudyM

(29,566 posts)
3. She's on point as always... and this bit makes me shudder thinking about that newly minted Arkansas lottery billionaire
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:05 PM
23 hrs ago

whoever s/he is, they're more likely than not right-leaning.

Aviation Pro

(15,210 posts)
4. Not a billyaire
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:21 PM
23 hrs ago

Yes, the misspelling is intentional.

$400,000,000 at best if they take the lump sum.

JudyM

(29,566 posts)
10. OK, a little more comforting.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:40 AM
14 hrs ago


Could still do quite a bit of damage. But maybe they're a rare Arkie Dem and will do some good with it.

summer_in_TX

(4,022 posts)
8. Brilliant.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:25 AM
16 hrs ago

The super wealthy in Epstein's circles were luring, entrapping, buying and selling slaves, sexual slaves.

Ping Tung

(4,126 posts)
13. History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodated
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:05 AM
6 hrs ago
themselves with other people's property.

Voltaire
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