▲ 1177 ▼ Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population (www.commondreams.org) submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Cruelty is inherently stupid in the long run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Hard disagree. Most of our billionaires will have lived long, happy lives, dying in peace and comfort surrounded by loving family after decades of cruelty. For each of them, it was perfectly sensible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires genuinely do not consider the people beneath them to be anything other than pawns and slaves. They really, REALLY don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Correct. It's the definition of cruel. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires are selfish and whatever cruelty just comes second to that. What we're seeing with Trump and ICE is cruelty as the main purpose and if we're using the Nazi's as the established pattern, we'll see it end that way as well. Well, unless climate change cuts it short, which is what I was really getting as with "long run". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Hard disagree. The cruelty is the point. They're spending resources making sure that we suffer when it does nothing to benefit them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Hard disagree. Most of our billionaires will have lived long, happy lives, dying in peace and comfort surrounded by loving family after decades of cruelty. For each of them, it was perfectly sensible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires genuinely do not consider the people beneath them to be anything other than pawns and slaves. They really, REALLY don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Correct. It's the definition of cruel. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires are selfish and whatever cruelty just comes second to that. What we're seeing with Trump and ICE is cruelty as the main purpose and if we're using the Nazi's as the established pattern, we'll see it end that way as well. Well, unless climate change cuts it short, which is what I was really getting as with "long run". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Hard disagree. The cruelty is the point. They're spending resources making sure that we suffer when it does nothing to benefit them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires genuinely do not consider the people beneath them to be anything other than pawns and slaves. They really, REALLY don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Correct. It's the definition of cruel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Correct. It's the definition of cruel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Billionaires are selfish and whatever cruelty just comes second to that. What we're seeing with Trump and ICE is cruelty as the main purpose and if we're using the Nazi's as the established pattern, we'll see it end that way as well. Well, unless climate change cuts it short, which is what I was really getting as with "long run". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Hard disagree. The cruelty is the point. They're spending resources making sure that we suffer when it does nothing to benefit them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 11 months ago Hard disagree. The cruelty is the point. They're spending resources making sure that we suffer when it does nothing to benefit them. permalink fedilink source parent