• solstice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    this isn’t the rich guy’s problem

    It’ll become the rich guy’s problem when tens of millions of desperate Americans with nothing to lose grab their pitchforks. We are slowly but surely getting there.

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      1 year ago

      I really doubt it. Have you seen the movie Elysium? It’s gonna be the same, except that the ending isn’t gonna be that nice because all those with power will side with those who can fund them.

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        1 year ago

        No I haven’t, but you better hope you’re right, because historically it doesn’t go well for the aristocracy when the peasants revolt.

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          1 year ago

          Except that they have planes now. They can fuck things up so bad while accumulating wealth, then fly away and deal with none of the consequences while they spend money from their vast bank accounts in Switzerland.

          Didn’t this happen in Sri Lanka a few months ago?