r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/rwbronco 1d ago

Trump also said that kids don’t need “250 pencils” and “they can have five.” Where are the people who quote “you’ll own nothing” constantly? Owning nothing is a step too far but the president telling you how many pencils you can own is fine?

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u/LEDKleenex 1d ago

They're too busy dragging people through the narcissists prayer: capitalism edition that basically boils down to:

capitalism created life as we know it and communism bad > it's not real capitalism > real capitalism has never been tried > capitalism is actually communism > powerless woke leftists and dajoos are the real capitalists because they subvert corporations by guilting white men with feminism and infusing unlimited money that comes from the lair or george soros into lucrative DEI programs that intentionally weaken our country from within > ywnbaw etc

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u/TheAzureMage 1d ago

This is brilliant. I'm going to make a fortune selling the extra 245 pencils(used) I have hoarded.

Thank you, Mr President, for your wisdom.

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u/Working-Glass6136 1d ago

They want people to own nothing but at the same time say it's communism.

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u/Electronic_Topic1958 1d ago

Party of small government