You have more than enough and should not receive even more while others have less, just like the billionaires you’re criticizing.
Edit: All the people getting mad at this reality are the reason why we have to choose between clintons and trumps. As soon as someone threatens the wealth of neo-liberals, they immediately agree with conservatives.
Greed and consumerism are the worst issues we face as a species. It makes sense most of you will react the way that you do when being forced to acknowledge your contribution to the problem.
Finally someone else who gets it. I kinda hoped lemmy would have a crowd that would at least be able to talk about this calmly but it looks like it’s no less rabid about this topic than reddit.
They don’t have to agree with conservatives. They just have to go so far as establishment Democrat. The “moderate” who keeps kicking the can down the road. ‘Wait till midterms’. Wait till the next red line so we can move the red line to some time in the future.
The dream is not to become a billionaire. The dream is to become upper middle class. So you can sit in the middle and expound on virtues of those beneath you while reaping the benefits of those above.
No it’s not. A well off doctor in the U.S. has more disposable income and assets than ~97% of the worlds population, and is able to sustain their resulting material wealth as a function of economic labor exploitation of “developing” countries
Y’all are just mad because Trump is kicking you down to hang with the rest of us poors.
It’s incredible how you absolute cretins are happy to be shoved into the mud just because some other people you don’t like might have to walk through the mud too. What causes this?
We should be starting at the billionaires and working our way down, but I also don’t care when consumerists and neo-liberals get theirs early.
You have more than enough and should not receive even more while others have less, just like the billionaires you’re criticizing.
This is the important part that you’re conveniently ignoring. Why should the person with a $400,000 house in suburbia be exempt from the redistribution of wealth while children starve? How much are they really contributing to the world to deserve that?
You mention doctors and dentists, and I’d agree with you. They can keep their assets within reason.
What about everyone else who isn’t in medicine? What about the people that aren’t easy for you to hide behind to justify your greed and consumerism?
I’m glad they’re coming for your assets.
You have more than enough and should not receive even more while others have less, just like the billionaires you’re criticizing.
Edit: All the people getting mad at this reality are the reason why we have to choose between clintons and trumps. As soon as someone threatens the wealth of neo-liberals, they immediately agree with conservatives.
Greed and consumerism are the worst issues we face as a species. It makes sense most of you will react the way that you do when being forced to acknowledge your contribution to the problem.
Now, who’s excited for the switch 2 and gta 6?
Finally someone else who gets it. I kinda hoped lemmy would have a crowd that would at least be able to talk about this calmly but it looks like it’s no less rabid about this topic than reddit.
They don’t have to agree with conservatives. They just have to go so far as establishment Democrat. The “moderate” who keeps kicking the can down the road. ‘Wait till midterms’. Wait till the next red line so we can move the red line to some time in the future.
The dream is not to become a billionaire. The dream is to become upper middle class. So you can sit in the middle and expound on virtues of those beneath you while reaping the benefits of those above.
There’s a massive difference between well-off, or even wealthy (think a practicing doctor/dentist or small business entrepeneur) and billionaire.
Saying ‘screw your savings’ to people like that is the conflict the billionare class wants, instead of everyone focusing on them.
Completely true.
Do you know what the difference is between a millionaire and a billionaire?
A billion dollars.
There is really no comparison. Doctors, lawyers, tenured professors, even most CEOS are working class compared to the investor class.
No it’s not. A well off doctor in the U.S. has more disposable income and assets than ~97% of the worlds population, and is able to sustain their resulting material wealth as a function of economic labor exploitation of “developing” countries
Y’all are just mad because Trump is kicking you down to hang with the rest of us poors.
It’s incredible how you absolute cretins are happy to be shoved into the mud just because some other people you don’t like might have to walk through the mud too. What causes this?
MAGA scum
Yeah. But this way he gets to be the most radical person in his peer group. Leftier than thou; regardless of the damage to the movement.
We should be starting at the billionaires and working our way down, but I also don’t care when consumerists and neo-liberals get theirs early.
This is the important part that you’re conveniently ignoring. Why should the person with a $400,000 house in suburbia be exempt from the redistribution of wealth while children starve? How much are they really contributing to the world to deserve that?
You mention doctors and dentists, and I’d agree with you. They can keep their assets within reason.
What about everyone else who isn’t in medicine? What about the people that aren’t easy for you to hide behind to justify your greed and consumerism?
Well off suburbanites should not be exempt from redistribution, but I. Doubt it will happen in a grand revolution.
There’s not going to be any “revolution.” I have a master’s degree in sociology. I could explain why, but it would be boring.
Jesus Christ, buddy, calm down.
How am I not calm?
And I suppose you live in a yurt off-grid, and don’t own a mobile device?
Thought so, hypocrite. Fuck Trump.
No, just live at or below a standard that is attainable for us all.
Sad watching you be so sure of yourself while also being clueless.
You could teach seminars on “Class Solidarity.”