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limbicnuminousity

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10. Quite the conundrum.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 29, 2024, 08:36 PM

Feb 2024

Maybe, just maybe....corporations might pay their taxes and pick up the slack. And the work force is already being replaced by AI.

The capitalists are primarily interested in expanding the consumer-base and growing profit margins, not taking care of the elderly.

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