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Would be quite pointless trying to infantilize somebody who thinks that Marx's ideas could work and that socialism/communism is the solution to today's problems in the world. If you believe in those things in your 30s it's akin to somebody in their teens still believing in the Easter Bunny, just sad and not much can be done from the outside, I just wish you well and hope you travel around the world, spend more time talking to people, try succeeding at something, and then realize why his writings were nothing but highly-promoted nonsense, and why none of that ever worked in practice. Ignoring historical facts is a sure sign of indoctrination... if you're in your 30s now and still wholeheartedly believe all that, it's highly likely that you spent a huge chunk of your time in an environment where you were bombarded with anti-capitalism ideas, were told how great Marxism is, etc. Some ultra-leftie university, US or Canada. And they've likely put you in debt to make sure you end up blaming capitalism for setting you back in life at the very start.

Marx's "labor theory of value" surely sounds great, but you have to know that that guy never worked a day in his life. He was a spoiled lazy brat who was sponsored by his friends until death, friends who had wealthy parents that owned factories and businesses (evil capitalists). Not an expert on labor.

As for Trump, the question here wasn't how he did it, it's the fact that he did it... the game is rigged, the money in today's world is just paper, it's one big ponzi scheme, and once again, it's the FED and Marxist central bank to blame for... he had to work with the tools he had, and he's done many great things for his country despite non-stop attacks from the left. The financial system we have today is very detached from actual labor. Despite him bringing a lot of manufacturing back into the country, those two will likely never ever become as connected as before due to automation and virtualization.

You seem to be attacking people rather than ideas, ignoring successes, and fight instead of trying to improve and create something. With that attitude you will be poor your whole life, and people who promise you equality, or blame capitalists/men/racism/etc just want to steal the rest of your money from you. Humans have a natural tendency to compete. The fairness of things being unfair is how the world works, and no amount of surveillance, policing, or social credit scores will ever be able to change that.



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