Stephen Amorino
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

The reason there are so many “Rick’s Dads” is because they are beneficiaries of the system. They are the petty bourgeoisie. They don’t work at Wal Mart for less than living wage. They get fed propaganda from Fox News all day (or CNN, or MSNBC for that matter). If you are a middle manager, you are a beneficiary of the system. They may not be the fat cats, but they live off the fat cats’ largesse.

Meanwhile, they don’t give a flying fuck about homelessness or the poor, while calling themselves Christians. “The free market will handle it” they say.

It’s also because they live in the First World, while the biggest victims of capitalism are in the third world. The global proleteriat/working class is found in the sweatshops of Dhaka, Bangladesh and China.

    Stephen Amorino

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    Anthropology graduate student at Florida Atlantic University. Research interests include ecological and philosophical anthropology and indigenous rights