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Originally Posted by azndude69
^^ try watching the documentary inside job.
other issues are executives get huge bonuses when their banks/companies go bankrupt, or for laying off people. furthermore they get bailed out by taxpayers dollars when they mess up. Yet the average person seems to be getting poorer and poorer.
Not to mention that these companies have lobbyists that make laws that favor them and most companies have record profits, yet only the rich seem to be benefiting from these record profits.
unemployment in the US is high. Spain has 20% unemployment. US has over 9%. Most of the decent paying jobs are gone and only the low crappy ones remain, with zero benefits.
It's only about time that these riots start. It's not that bad in Canada since we have better policies than most of our western counterparts.
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to the film recommendation
I'm actually well aware of most of these issues as one of my double majors is in sociology.