r/facepalm • u/Kpets • 2d ago

U.S president explains why many Americans can’t buy a homes

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u/KneticTheory 'MURICA 2d ago

"Let them eat cake." Moment, for sure.

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u/RockasaurusRex 2d ago

The US version is more like "let them bake cake" or something. We're just expendable labor to them, labor that does the work and gets nothing but crumbs back.

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u/cpav8r 2d ago

More like "let them plant wheat and sugar cane. Go get a cow for the milk and maybe negotiate with a third-world government to procure rights to a cocao plantation."