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Sweden has a global reputation for championing high taxes and social equality, but it has become a European hotspot for the super rich

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The rise of Sweden's super rich

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  1. [6]
    elcuello
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    Oh how ever grateful we should be. Fucking arrogant prick.

    "We have a nanny and we have a gardener and cleaners… and that also gives more jobs. So we shouldn't forget about how we're building the society."

    Oh how ever grateful we should be. Fucking arrogant prick.

    14 votes
    1. [4]
      g33kphr33k
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      There's a difficulty with this. If you owned a gardening company then this is a business opportunity to grow your own company. It does actually allow for more people to be employed because this is...

      There's a difficulty with this.

      If you owned a gardening company then this is a business opportunity to grow your own company. It does actually allow for more people to be employed because this is the capitalist way, and the way we're always going to be because of money.

      We "could" be at the Star Trek revolution already if people bought into it, where you don't need money, everyone has a base line to live by and you work for the betterment of the human race. However, rich people don't like that because they become equals.

      I live by the simple mantra of everyone is human. You may have more social standing by the numbers in your bank account, but if a train hit either of us we're suffering the same fate.

      Guys a prick though, for sure.

      8 votes
      1. [3]
        vord
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        I'm just gonna go into Target and throw all the merchandise on the floor screaming "I'M A JOB CREATOR! LOOK HOW I IMPROVE YOUR JOB SECURITY!"

        I'm just gonna go into Target and throw all the merchandise on the floor screaming "I'M A JOB CREATOR! LOOK HOW I IMPROVE YOUR JOB SECURITY!"

        6 votes
        1. [2]
          stu2b50
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          I mean, if you were the one paying them, fair enough. Keynes didn’t say to dig a hole and pay people to fill it in a depression for nothing.

          I mean, if you were the one paying them, fair enough. Keynes didn’t say to dig a hole and pay people to fill it in a depression for nothing.

          5 votes
          1. GenuinelyCrooked
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            The thing is, digging the hole isn't needed. There's plenty of necessary work that would benefit our society. But society can't direct those resources and labor, because it's beholden to the...

            The thing is, digging the hole isn't needed. There's plenty of necessary work that would benefit our society. But society can't direct those resources and labor, because it's beholden to the direction of currency, which this guy is great at hoarding.

            4 votes
    2. GenuinelyCrooked
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      I would also love to not do my own chores and be hailed as a boon to society. Where do I sign up?

      I would also love to not do my own chores and be hailed as a boon to society. Where do I sign up?

      4 votes