We have it too easy in America

One way of thinking:

The 1% thinks people have it too easy, there should be food shortages, and electricity rationing. Too much personal freedom. (source)

You can see the connections in extrapolation.

They want children working, child labor laws rolled back. Children have too much free time.

Women should not have abortions, be forced to give birth, even to children who won't survive. There needs to not be contraception either. We need to roll things back to before contraception.

Things should be harder, the authoritarian government should work at making lives harder not easier. Taxes for the poor should go up, but not for the rich.

Orwellian nightmares would be the pebble in people's shoes to create pearls.

That is why housing costs are insane and there won't be any government intervention.

That is why greedflation raised prices.

What an interesting projection.

44% don’t have $1k savings (source). Not exactly.

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