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  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I refuse to humor some false equivalency between billionaires and people that just want to survive with less suffering.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I don't consider greed to be an insult when people accuse unions of being greedy I say yeah they want more why don't you

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        "Fuck you, pay me" is not the same thing as billionaires burning the planet down to watch the high score rise.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          no billionaires are destructive and awful obviously their greed is out of control but also I don't know any billionaires I can't really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv

          I can understand the suffering that capitalism causes because I can see it. The rich people live out of town

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I can’t really conceptualise of them as anything more than people on tv

            Without doxxing myself, I can say that I have been in the same room as billionaires during at least one social function. What I saw was what I got: they are paper-thin and skin-crawlingly insulated from the rest of us. We're toys to them.

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              that's more or less what i expected

              I still hate bookies and landlords more but because I see their effects more directly

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                The creepiest part was it was during a charity function. Someone bragging about charity couldn't hide their contempt for poor people. It was a flex, and nothing more.

                • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  rich people engage in charity traditionally as a means of exercising control and getting a power thrill

                  they're there to hear poor people beg for their life and occasionally helping is the cost of the show