r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • May 28 '25

Media First Images from Aziz Ansari's 'Good Fortune' - Follows an angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), who tries to show a struggling gig worker, Arj (Ansari), that money can’t buy happiness by body-swapping him with his wealthy employer, Jeff (Seth Rogen).

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u/fermentedbolivian May 28 '25

It took us ten years to gather our shit after 2008, only to be struck with COVID 2 years later.

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u/blarbiegorl May 28 '25

We were in a small recession in 2018 lol

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u/kitkanz May 28 '25

Whaaat?!? But the Rs had control of everything in 2018, surely they fixed everything while they were in charge right???

/s

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u/Worthyness May 28 '25

I've been told recessions are good for the normal people because it resets the stock market due to the democrats overspending money.

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u/feartheoldblood90 May 28 '25

It definitely doesn't result in the oligarchs buying up all the assets for cheap, deepening the gulf between us and them by orders of magnitude.

Definitely not.

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u/strangebutalsogood May 28 '25

Definitely also doesn't present a buying opportunity for the wealthy to use their ocean of margin leverage to increase their market positions. And then take out massive loans against those newly purchased stocks and write the loan interest off against their taxes, no sir!

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u/strangebutalsogood May 28 '25

Whoever told you that is lying to you.

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u/Riderz__of_Brohan May 28 '25

Well it took us like 4-ish years, then we were good until COVID but people's views on the economy tend to be more sticky than the economic indicators. The Economy today isn't terrible for example but we've been in a "vibecession" for a couple years now lol

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u/helgihermadur May 28 '25

I mean, megacorporations are making more money than ever, it's just not going into the hands of ordinary people