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submitted 10 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So sick of inspirational posts from rich celebrities. As if any of this is going to affect them in any meaningful way aside from shifting more of the tax burden onto us.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 33 points 10 months ago

This particular celebrity spent time in a concentration camp, though. Let him speak truth to power.

[–] Darukhnarn@feddit.org 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, he was put in a Japanese-American detention camp when a child. So I’d tend to believe him on this.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know what he experienced, but he's insulated from whatever happens in the next few years, by virtue of being wealthy.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay? Do you disagree with him, or are you just whining?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm whining.

The rich in this country have nothing to bitch about. The entire government and social apparatus exists to support and promote their existence, and they band together every single election to make sure the poor and middle class don't become a part of it.

So yeah, I'll whine when one of them pretends to be on our side. Yes.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

It's easier to start a fire with a lighter than with two sticks.