Decades of failed progressive policies didn’t run Detroit into the ground, you guys. It was totally the capitalist peeeeeeeegs!
Detroit bankrupt – how great is capitalism
— Karl (@MarxRight) July 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/brandynlafon/status/358068403543617536
@VictorianPrude Detroit's problems are too much to put in 140, but it is essentially the end result of unrestrained capitalism. @AP
— elektrosoundwav (@elektrosoundwav) July 19, 2013
Detroit goes bankrupt. What a shit world we live in where a city can go bankrupt. #capitalism #DetroitBankruptcy
— -_- (@ih8cricket) July 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/naughtyT/status/358032516512743425
https://twitter.com/ButThinker/status/358289144784502785
Detroit; that's capitalism for you!
— Vince Harris (@vincento1972) July 19, 2013
RT @garyyounge: Detroit's bankrupt. This haunting pictures show what a city looks like when capitalism doesn't need people anymore….
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) July 19, 2013
@garyyounge @hystericalblkns The photos do illustrate the destructive power of late & post-industrial #capitalism on #Detroit & other cities
— Jstheater (@jstheater) July 19, 2013
Detroit becomes largest US city to file for bankruptcy in historic 'low point' http://t.co/D2VQHokv2o A shocking indictment of US capitalism
— Central 163 (@JackJDees) July 19, 2013
Sad sad #sad the aftermath of #capitalism the ghost town that was once #Detroit http://t.co/cls0yS0HrG
— Charlie (@CAksoyoglu) July 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/spaceship_earth/status/358272399055134723
Detroit: prime example of the sediment, in which capitalism, and the disease of corporate greed.. leaves behind. Are you angry yet? dd
— ddsnorth ™ (@ddsnorth) July 19, 2013
Detroit declares itself bankrupt… proof that capitalism doesn't work.
— david corvine (@DavidCorvine) July 19, 2013
Capitalism… it's a bitch ain't it? #Detroit
— Ronnie Flaco (@MrRonnieLee) July 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/evamporakis/status/358191951914352641
https://twitter.com/ideofightback/status/358246648662597632
Detroit bankrupt? Wanna know why? Go watch Capitalism A Love Story and Roger And Me by @MMFlint
— Effi Saharudin ???? (@1Obefiend) July 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/brandynlafon/status/358068403543617536
Detroit is a pretty good example of the downside of capitalism.
— BallTellsHalfTruths (@EssentialShow) July 19, 2013
Detroit is a shining example of what happens when right wingers bust our unions, create unregulated free market capitalism, austerity.
— Community Member (@ComunityMember) July 19, 2013
Hey, America. Can we rethink this capitalism thing? I know we had our highs, but these lows just ain’t worth it. – Detroit #fuckcapitalism
— ?LionOfDamascusDDS? (@spinenumber408) July 19, 2013
Welp, that settles it. We’re convinced!
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