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Gen Z embraces 'safety capitalism', says current social safety net is broken

www.businessinsider.com Gen Z like 'safety capitalism.' It's a lot like what we have now but with more help for people who lose their jobs or get sick.

Gen Zers are embracing "safety capitalism" because they think the current social safety net is insufficient.

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Christina Elson, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest University, told Business Insider that many young people had embraced an idea she calls "safety capitalism."

Ah yes, the executive director for the center for the study of capitalism says young folks want capitalism.

Come the fuck on.

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No they don’t. They want socialism. Or democratic socialism.

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"You hear about 'billionaires should be outlawed' — that really isn't the issue," Elson previously told BI regarding Gen Zers' concerns. "The issue is the bottom. What is the appropriate bottom living standard for an American citizen, and what role should the government have in ensuring that people don't fall below that?"

Yes, this sad situation over here has absolutely nothing to do with sociopathic pursuit of a high score in our totally unflawed economic system.

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The lack of safety net is a feature of late-stage capitalism, not a flaw.

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Lol "safety capitalism" the editors wouldn't even let them say socialist. Just the state of the world in 2024 -fight harder, people. I personally can't handle what this shit does to my blood pressure anymore

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Ain't no one getting excited about any kind of capitalism any more 🤮🤢

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I dunno. I like the one where the workers vote for who the boss at the factory is and then they all take home a share of the profits.

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safety capitalism has to be the most absurd stand in for socialism or welfare I've ever heard lmao

Really reaching new levels of copium

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The latest iteration of the same "younger people more left wing" article newspapers have been writing for 60 years.

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This already has a name: a welfare state or socialism. No need to pull made up terms out of your ass.

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I'm fully on board with calling it "safety capitalism" or even "jesus reckoning savior economics" if i get what I want. at this point most of America just tunes out "socialism"

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Who comes up with these words? Boomers inventing their own propaganda

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current social safety net is broken

To shreds, you say?

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This is the stupidest article I've ever read.

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My brain says this is related to Safety Dance, and I don't dance.

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Net? There was a net?

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That's not a safety net they are looking for, that's pay me while I fuck off and spend on credit for 20 years.

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