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Economic Cruelty

The deliberate and systemic design of an economy, that enriches a tiny elite—billionaires jet-setting the globe—while forcing billions into poverty, desperation, and cutthroat competition for scraps.

It’s the violence of capitalism laid bare: for every yacht, there’s a street fight over coins for coffee.

Not an accident, but a feature of a world that thrives on inequality, exploitation, and the suffering of the marginalized.
While billionaires party at their beach mansions, Uber, and the gig economy’s economic cruelty, encourage and reward, delivery riders crashing into each other, for a $5 order.
by TheEternalNow August 10, 2025
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Econ

Short for Homo economicus. A hypothetical agent used in economic modeling who exhibits perfect rationality, consistent preferences, and complete self-interest. Unlike a human, an Econ is assumed to possess infinite computational ability to process information and always selects the option that maximizes their personal utility (satisfaction or wealth).
"If we assume the consumer is an Econ, then increasing the price by even $0.01 should immediately lower demand, but brand loyalty often keeps Humans from switching."

"My brother is a total Econ; he spent three hours building a spreadsheet to decide which brand of toothpaste has the best cost-per-ounce ratio."
by Homo economicus January 8, 2026
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failed economy

Also see "broken economy" Failure by design, A economy flawed from the start. Lead to ruins by those in power.
by ShowWy-D November 26, 2013
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up economy

When a public figure (politician running for elected office) has the general public perception that they (the public figure) can sustain an "up economy". Usually a reference, or slang used by pollsters and mainstream media.
by Topher.Laclis March 19, 2017
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troy emmons

A fake name to give to the cops,used by Graf writers in 1990s, Sydney. Also given to 1 hour photo stores, when getting snaps of panels developed, in case the photo guy narked on you.
Cop: “You’ve got a lot of spray paint in your bag for someone on their way home to paint their bike. What’s your name “?
Graf writer: “Troy Emmons”.
Cop: “Ok then Troy, don’t forget to let the paint dry before you go for a ride”.
by Troy Emmons May 8, 2018
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Martyr economy

An economic condition under which people must subsidize their living through crowdfunding and appeals to charity.
In this martyr economy, we had to go on Facebook to collect money to buy jimmy a new liver.
by Nonsensicalme July 30, 2018
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cheetos economy

An economy that is builded on something really stupid and useless , like karma on Reddit , this maybe came from some incidents on ebay or facebook from kids that selled weird-shaped cheetos
Haha! Yes! Continue buy stupid Fortnite skins from the shop, maybe in the future you can shell them in the Cheetos Economy
by Alkis Umf March 16, 2019
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