• RadioRat (he/they)@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I appreciate your voice and the importance of the sentiment that all humans deserve fundamental dignity and respect.

    That said, “all billionaires are malfeasant parasites who don’t deserve to participate in society” is a hill upon which I’m willing to die.

    It takes a special kind of sociopathy to pillage and hoard resources unfathomable when people are starving, suffering, and dying.

    “Eat the rich” is more stirring and concise than “humanely strip the heinously wealthy of their power and resources”.

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      1 year ago

      I’m all for eating the rich. Never in my comment did I say I think that billionaires got their money by being kind.

      The only way to have that money is to cause the death or at least loss of “life” (eg. Wage slavery, lobbying for less socal welfare while making sure you get all the tax cuts, ect.).

      What I am saying is, at the end of the day, being angry at dead people won’t help anyone that they hurt.