• ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    I know they’re a tiny minority, and most of these extremists are literal kids, but they sure are successful at eroding my faith in humanity.

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      23 days ago

      The systematic oppression of everyone without wealth didn’t erode your faith in humanity but a couple people suggesting we kill our masters did? Well, at least you’ve got the moral high ground

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          Haven’t noticed the skyrocketing wealth gap, eh? Costs going up for us while profits go up for them? Government policies that benefit them at our expense? Laws that don’t seem to apply to people with money? Maybe I’m the crazy one

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            23 days ago

            You’re describing the sympoms. I was asking about the cause. “Systemic oppression of anyone without wealth” is quite a bold claim.

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              23 days ago

              The cause is literally wealth hoarding. By those being recommended to the guillotine. They didn’t happen by accident.

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                You’re being quite vague. What is wealth hoarding? Is Elon Musk the richest man in the world because he’s hoarding wealth?

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                  I was giving you the benefit of the doubt but you’re clearly just trolling.

                  It is theoretically possible to get a billion dollars morally (by like… Winning multiple lotteries or something) but it’s impossible to remain a moral billionaire when there’s so many people dying from hunger and preventable illness.

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                    You do understand that being a billionaire doesn’t mean they have a billion dollars in the bank, right? Wealth is not the same as cash. Elon owns who knows how many companies, and those companies are worth billions. He couldn’t even buy Twitter without external funding because his wealth is tied up in assets. This is the case with every other billionaire or multi-millionaire as well. They’re not hoarding cash in vaults like Scrooge McDuck.

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      People like you are why I no longer wonder where evil movie villains find all those faceless henchmen.

      You will never be one of them. No matter how nice you are to them they will treat you the same as anyone else they see as inferior.

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        23 days ago

        Slightly nicer to your face if you simp hard enough. Their still grossed out and laughing, behind your back.

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          Assuming they spend anytime thinking about you at all.

          The media always paints it as this cute thing when rich and powerful give everyone a nickname but it’s because they cannot be bothered to remember your name.