961
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
961 points (98.5% liked)
Microblog Memes
5771 readers
1925 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
It's okay when my side threatens violence.
Why is passive violence never acknowledged? Wealthy people create conditions in which poor people die and are harmed. Boeing literally has planes dropping out of the sky killing hundreds, all because an executive and investors want more money and power. Their punishment, a small fine. A politician can wave away health care for millions of people resulting in death and injury... Nothing but a high five from those that decry "violence." and don't get me started on the oil industry... If the wealthy and powerful can indirectly kill millions with out punishment to the extreme then we don't have a society.
If those in power are making millions of lives worse, they should be stopped. I prefer doing this by taking their power, but I would settle for their heads if there is no alternative.
same here but with preference vs settling switched
Both sides have reasons that are the same, right? /s
I'm okay with any threat of violence when the threat is a very obvious joke.
Who's joking? Because when they (the wealthy and powerful) say they'll send your children to die in wars and to be injured working in unsafe conditions... They are not joking.
If you're not joking, when and where are you planning to set up said guillotine?
It's usually when people start starving.
yes, unironically. the other side is fucking billionaires, dude.
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.
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
Systemic oppression of everyone without wealth?
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
You're describing the sympoms. I was asking about the cause. "Systemic oppression of anyone without wealth" is quite a bold claim.
The cause is literally wealth hoarding. By those being recommended to the guillotine. They didn't happen by accident.
You're being quite vague. What is wealth hoarding? Is Elon Musk the richest man in the world because he's hoarding wealth?
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.
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.
More like in offshore accounts, priceless art, "philanthropical" foundations, cars, plants, yachts, islands, stocks...
And how is taking one’s money and spending it on things like art, cars, yachts, islands, or stocks considered wealth hoarding? To buy those things, you have to put a significant amount of money back into circulation rather than hoarding it. What’s your issue with owning art, exactly? Do you want to own that $3 million painting but can’t because the wealthy are hoarding them all, just like the super yachts?
Either you're one of them or you aren't. Why are you defending them so hard?
No I'm happy with my inexpensive prints and not superpolluting everyone's environment. I applaud that stolen art was returned to heirs in the news and hope they offer it to zero fee entrance exhibition, eternally.
I thought they had assets, not cash? Anyway, the money doesn't go back into circulation, it stays with the wealthy from whom they acquire those status symbols. If they have the means to acquire all those things you listed, they have the means to give back to society instead.
Why did you type all that like it makes any difference?
How do you think a company becomes wealthy? It's not by paying good wages
I was hoping you would help me undestand your point of view on this but apparently not then. I just keep hearing this constant anti-capitalist sentiment here but when challenged, nobody seems interested in elaborating on what they actually mean by it.
Gaslight harder
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.
Slightly nicer to your face if you simp hard enough. Their still grossed out and laughing, behind your back.
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.
Absolutely, even when serving them regularly.