• edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      “Surely they meant to fairly distribute the wealth”

      “No, it says socialism for the rich with rugged individualism for everyone else. Behold.”

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    Because the rich have somehow tricked half the world into thinking they are part of that same smaller class, when in reality they are nowhere close to being such.

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      Yeah. Plus, Joanne and Cleetus are so sefish and so freaking stupid that they actually believe there’s a chance they’ll find oil in them there hills one day. God forbid you touch their theoretical oil.

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        In theory.

        How would you handle a situation where in addition to “eat the rich”, people start to say “eat the working class supporters of the rich” or “eat the families of the working class supporters of the rich” or “eat the ‘eat the rich’ dissenters”?

        If you answer “that’s never gonna happen,” I hope you’re right because I hate to say “I told you so.”

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          So you actually took a strawman and shoved it down a slippery slope into a victim complex with a condescending “you’ll see!” flourish at the end! Wow.

          That would have been HILARIOUS with just a modicum of self awareness, but instead it’s just sad 🤦

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            If you answer “that’s never gonna happen,” I hope you’re right because I hate to say “I told you so.”

            1. I fail to see how this is condescending. I just don’t want witnessing a tragedy where innocents die because of guilt-by-association.
            2. What stuff should I be aware of that I missed? I can’t read your mind.
            3. Calling my question a strawman implies you’re certain this “slippery slope” will never happen.
  • DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
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    Because the rich can afford to stop them.

    This is, unfortunately, a sentiment that has worked out rather poorly throughout history

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      That cookbook’s going to be complicated. Rich white woman is going to be like trying to cook fugu. No no don’t slice open the face it’s full of botulism.

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    Wouldn’t that be… illegal or something? I’m not an expert tho

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    Because then nobody would have a job, and have to resort in eating each other sadly.

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    Last time they ate the rich afterwards everybody starved to death because nobody was left knowing how to do thing

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930–1933

    And the funny thing about it: When some poor had learned how to do things again those poor became the new rich.

    Capitalism might be bare of morale but at least it cares for paying customers in spite of all alternatives.