• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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        Mmm… Fried man. salivating

        Sorry I’ve been in the mood to eat rich powerful people lately… Was he one?

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          In 1971 he explicitly told all of the business world (with help from the Business Roundtable) that the only social responsibility of businesses is to increase profits. This set the course of acceptable practices for 50 years, until the Business Roundtable reversed their decision in 2019, to include stakeholders. Of course, the damage and cultural shift had already been done.

          1976 he was awarded the fake Nobel prize they invented for Economics.

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            Might as well give Trump a prize for Humility… Jesus Christ, how can America be a “Christian Nation” if it believes the only Virtue we need is greed?

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              I think a lot of self professed Christians just believe in Jesus as if he’s the adult version of Santa claus and a magical genie who grants wishes if you pray hard enough

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                17 hours ago

                Southern Baptists especially

                This is why I find the Catholics based, that shit does not fly with them.