• r00ty@kbin.life
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    6 months ago

    No! Those trickle-down economics they told us about will be kicking in any time now! I’m certain!

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Wealth flows up. Yeah sure, it trickles down too. But what happens when you build a pump that makes water from a basin flow up into a tank, and only let it trickle back down? The tank gets fuller and the basin loses its water.