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So one of the things I'm most fascinated with is

exactly how many people are poor in America. I think. Not just how many people are poor in America, how many people are poor in America and don't realize

they're poor.

Or how many people are poor in America and have a few things, a few items that make them feel like they aren't poor,

which is probably the same as the other one, but it's specifically the

possession of a few tangible items that makes people feel like they're, you not poor I won't go into conversations about how much I made or

make at any given point in my life but I would tell you I've been poor and I've made good money. I can never say I was rich.

But I fell into the same category of, oh man, I got this big check coming.

This next check is going to be huge

So I can do whatever I want

But it's just a it's a mindset that

that locks you in to this capitalistic system and you aren't really even aware

that you're locked in until capitalism has done to you what it's going to do to most people most Americans most humans

it's gonna snatch away your productivity it's gonna snatch away any all of your

earnings it's gonna take everything from you and all it would have done would have been to exploit

your labor for someone else's gain.

Your labor, it takes your labor, it takes your productivity, it takes your earnings, it takes your labor it takes your your earnings it takes everything from you all

the while you're smiling and living your life you know living your best life

so to speak

i was reading on Twitter this young lady tweeted out something I'm not

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