# Capitalism thread disappeared?

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**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalism-thread-disappeared/1012534 "2025-01-03T20:01:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
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> [@Beginner's Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-guide-to-glossary-of-terms-on-straight-dope-message-boards/307442/1):
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> The phrase comes from the old Twilight Zone episode “It’s A Good Life”.

It makes me sad when people refer to concepts as coming from a movie/TV adaptation and not the original written source. The phrase comes from _It’s a Good Life_ by Jerome Bixby.

(It reminds me of a national network news story once that covered some concept as being related to _Fahrenheit 451_, talked about the movie, showed clips from the movie, and never once mentioned that the movie was based on a book. Ray Bradbury would have rolled over in his grave, if he were dead yet. He might have rolled over in his living room.)

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