▲ 413 ▼ Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 child) Actually the poor tend to give a higher portion if their total wealth to charity than the rich. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] qooqie@lemmy.world -17 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Charity = | = to empathy. I live in an area where I can go 15 min either direction and meet up with poorer families. The hatred they spew for certain groups of people is mind boggling permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago Amazing how it's all so easily wrapped up and explained away (lol, only in your own mind) when you simply completely ignore the circumstances and systems that create a situation like you describe.. permalink fedilink source parent [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You have to remember, in leftist culture it's socially acceptable to be prejudiced and rude about rich people. I see this daily in online threads, people need something/someone to ralley against. One example of this is you can't be racist about Germans, french or Americans but god forbid you say similar things about an African nation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] seth@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* You're not missing anything it's just pedantry regarding the wording of xenophobia/racism. They were used incorrectly but I think you knew exactly what I meant. For example in western culture mocking a German accent will raise less eyebrows than mocking a Zimbabwe accent for example. Whether this is because of wealth or another reason is up for discussion though. That act is not racist or xenophobic but will probably be described as a noun which isn't coming to me now. But that's not necessarily important to the point I'm making permalink fedilink source parent
[+] qooqie@lemmy.world -17 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Charity = | = to empathy. I live in an area where I can go 15 min either direction and meet up with poorer families. The hatred they spew for certain groups of people is mind boggling permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago Amazing how it's all so easily wrapped up and explained away (lol, only in your own mind) when you simply completely ignore the circumstances and systems that create a situation like you describe.. permalink fedilink source parent [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You have to remember, in leftist culture it's socially acceptable to be prejudiced and rude about rich people. I see this daily in online threads, people need something/someone to ralley against. One example of this is you can't be racist about Germans, french or Americans but god forbid you say similar things about an African nation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] seth@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* You're not missing anything it's just pedantry regarding the wording of xenophobia/racism. They were used incorrectly but I think you knew exactly what I meant. For example in western culture mocking a German accent will raise less eyebrows than mocking a Zimbabwe accent for example. Whether this is because of wealth or another reason is up for discussion though. That act is not racist or xenophobic but will probably be described as a noun which isn't coming to me now. But that's not necessarily important to the point I'm making permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago Amazing how it's all so easily wrapped up and explained away (lol, only in your own mind) when you simply completely ignore the circumstances and systems that create a situation like you describe.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You have to remember, in leftist culture it's socially acceptable to be prejudiced and rude about rich people. I see this daily in online threads, people need something/someone to ralley against. One example of this is you can't be racist about Germans, french or Americans but god forbid you say similar things about an African nation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] seth@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* You're not missing anything it's just pedantry regarding the wording of xenophobia/racism. They were used incorrectly but I think you knew exactly what I meant. For example in western culture mocking a German accent will raise less eyebrows than mocking a Zimbabwe accent for example. Whether this is because of wealth or another reason is up for discussion though. That act is not racist or xenophobic but will probably be described as a noun which isn't coming to me now. But that's not necessarily important to the point I'm making permalink fedilink source parent
[+] seth@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* You're not missing anything it's just pedantry regarding the wording of xenophobia/racism. They were used incorrectly but I think you knew exactly what I meant. For example in western culture mocking a German accent will raise less eyebrows than mocking a Zimbabwe accent for example. Whether this is because of wealth or another reason is up for discussion though. That act is not racist or xenophobic but will probably be described as a noun which isn't coming to me now. But that's not necessarily important to the point I'm making permalink fedilink source parent
[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* You're not missing anything it's just pedantry regarding the wording of xenophobia/racism. They were used incorrectly but I think you knew exactly what I meant. For example in western culture mocking a German accent will raise less eyebrows than mocking a Zimbabwe accent for example. Whether this is because of wealth or another reason is up for discussion though. That act is not racist or xenophobic but will probably be described as a noun which isn't coming to me now. But that's not necessarily important to the point I'm making permalink fedilink source parent