▲ 639 ▼ 'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profits (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments Paywall removed https://archive.is/LF76k
[+] TammyTobacco@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] theherk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I have been saying something slightly similar, but rather that laws should no longer protect them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago "We've decided on one year of really high inflation." permalink fedilink source parent [+] TammyTobacco@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago they’re so nice, so surely everybody else is too This right here. I think many poor people do not realize how deliberately cruel the rich are being. They cannot imagine someone looking at a whiteboard planning debilitating poverty and misery for millions of people. They think that the situation is unfortunate and unavoidable somehow, and not deliberately made. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nomous@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) One of the campa we are in, unless you're one of the machete holders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) See you in the news, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago Bullshit Stop the calls for killing the rich. Don't blame people for playing the game, just change the rules. Tax the rich for all they have until everyone lives in a tops 1-5 ratio of networth. All of the sudden, poverty gone, we can do universal healthcare easily, government will have boat loads for anything to make our lives better permalink fedilink source parent [–] vxx@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Apparently you really love murder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'd rather not become the monsters just to get rid of the monsters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Usernamemonopoly@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Limp wristed”? You sound an awful lot like the fascists that I’m opposed to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] vxx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] omarfw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Were the people who fought and killed the nazis in WWII monsters? No, they did it to protect humanity. Sociopath billionaires going away is also necessary to protect humanity. permalink fedilink source parent [+] BigBenis@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) This violence-against-the-owning class rhetoric is going too far. Killing other humans is never justified. Tax them into oblivion and make them work for a living like the rest of us. There's a massive difference between having disdain for billionaires and wanting to kill them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TammyTobacco@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Billionaires own the government and will never allow themselves to be taxed enough to matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* I'd wager we have a much better shot at passing legislation for a billionaire tax than legalizing murder. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Killing other humans is often justified. For instance, it would be completely justified to kill someone who was in the process of shooting up a school. In the same way, billionaires are guilty of causing the deaths of millions of people through their hoarding of necessities. Killing the billionaires would allow this wealth to be redistributed, saving potentially millions of lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I think the difference is that a school shooter is in the middle of a violent act and is an immediate threat to the lives of anybody around them. Usually the only way to put an end to the harm they're causing is to meet that violence with the same level of violence. It's not a just act, it's a tragedy, but it's ultimately necessary to prevent further injustice. Hoarding an incomprehensible amount of resources and lobbying for a system is easier to exploit is amoral and causes harm to our society but it is not a violent act and is not an immediate threat to anybody's life. These memes spreading violent rhetoric against a class of people this community is at odds with is starting to feel like other corners of the internet that I don't want to be involved in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It absolutely is a violent act. In the same way that locking a person in a cage is a violent act, depriving people of the things they need to live is a violent act. The fact is, simply asking these people to stop hoarding and polluting is not going to work (duh). Is there a non-violent solution? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theherk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I have been saying something slightly similar, but rather that laws should no longer protect them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago "We've decided on one year of really high inflation." permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago they’re so nice, so surely everybody else is too This right here. I think many poor people do not realize how deliberately cruel the rich are being. They cannot imagine someone looking at a whiteboard planning debilitating poverty and misery for millions of people. They think that the situation is unfortunate and unavoidable somehow, and not deliberately made. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nomous@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) One of the campa we are in, unless you're one of the machete holders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) See you in the news, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago they’re so nice, so surely everybody else is too This right here. I think many poor people do not realize how deliberately cruel the rich are being. They cannot imagine someone looking at a whiteboard planning debilitating poverty and misery for millions of people. They think that the situation is unfortunate and unavoidable somehow, and not deliberately made. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nomous@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) One of the campa we are in, unless you're one of the machete holders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) See you in the news, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) See you in the news, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) See you in the news, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago Bullshit Stop the calls for killing the rich. Don't blame people for playing the game, just change the rules. Tax the rich for all they have until everyone lives in a tops 1-5 ratio of networth. All of the sudden, poverty gone, we can do universal healthcare easily, government will have boat loads for anything to make our lives better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vxx@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Apparently you really love murder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'd rather not become the monsters just to get rid of the monsters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Usernamemonopoly@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Limp wristed”? You sound an awful lot like the fascists that I’m opposed to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] vxx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] omarfw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Were the people who fought and killed the nazis in WWII monsters? No, they did it to protect humanity. Sociopath billionaires going away is also necessary to protect humanity. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Usernamemonopoly@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Limp wristed”? You sound an awful lot like the fascists that I’m opposed to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] vxx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Usernamemonopoly@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Limp wristed”? You sound an awful lot like the fascists that I’m opposed to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] vxx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mostdubious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] vxx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] omarfw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Were the people who fought and killed the nazis in WWII monsters? No, they did it to protect humanity. Sociopath billionaires going away is also necessary to protect humanity. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] BigBenis@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) This violence-against-the-owning class rhetoric is going too far. Killing other humans is never justified. Tax them into oblivion and make them work for a living like the rest of us. There's a massive difference between having disdain for billionaires and wanting to kill them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TammyTobacco@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Billionaires own the government and will never allow themselves to be taxed enough to matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* I'd wager we have a much better shot at passing legislation for a billionaire tax than legalizing murder. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Killing other humans is often justified. For instance, it would be completely justified to kill someone who was in the process of shooting up a school. In the same way, billionaires are guilty of causing the deaths of millions of people through their hoarding of necessities. Killing the billionaires would allow this wealth to be redistributed, saving potentially millions of lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I think the difference is that a school shooter is in the middle of a violent act and is an immediate threat to the lives of anybody around them. Usually the only way to put an end to the harm they're causing is to meet that violence with the same level of violence. It's not a just act, it's a tragedy, but it's ultimately necessary to prevent further injustice. Hoarding an incomprehensible amount of resources and lobbying for a system is easier to exploit is amoral and causes harm to our society but it is not a violent act and is not an immediate threat to anybody's life. These memes spreading violent rhetoric against a class of people this community is at odds with is starting to feel like other corners of the internet that I don't want to be involved in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It absolutely is a violent act. In the same way that locking a person in a cage is a violent act, depriving people of the things they need to live is a violent act. The fact is, simply asking these people to stop hoarding and polluting is not going to work (duh). Is there a non-violent solution? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TammyTobacco@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Billionaires own the government and will never allow themselves to be taxed enough to matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* I'd wager we have a much better shot at passing legislation for a billionaire tax than legalizing murder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* I'd wager we have a much better shot at passing legislation for a billionaire tax than legalizing murder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Killing other humans is often justified. For instance, it would be completely justified to kill someone who was in the process of shooting up a school. In the same way, billionaires are guilty of causing the deaths of millions of people through their hoarding of necessities. Killing the billionaires would allow this wealth to be redistributed, saving potentially millions of lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I think the difference is that a school shooter is in the middle of a violent act and is an immediate threat to the lives of anybody around them. Usually the only way to put an end to the harm they're causing is to meet that violence with the same level of violence. It's not a just act, it's a tragedy, but it's ultimately necessary to prevent further injustice. Hoarding an incomprehensible amount of resources and lobbying for a system is easier to exploit is amoral and causes harm to our society but it is not a violent act and is not an immediate threat to anybody's life. These memes spreading violent rhetoric against a class of people this community is at odds with is starting to feel like other corners of the internet that I don't want to be involved in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It absolutely is a violent act. In the same way that locking a person in a cage is a violent act, depriving people of the things they need to live is a violent act. The fact is, simply asking these people to stop hoarding and polluting is not going to work (duh). Is there a non-violent solution? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I think the difference is that a school shooter is in the middle of a violent act and is an immediate threat to the lives of anybody around them. Usually the only way to put an end to the harm they're causing is to meet that violence with the same level of violence. It's not a just act, it's a tragedy, but it's ultimately necessary to prevent further injustice. Hoarding an incomprehensible amount of resources and lobbying for a system is easier to exploit is amoral and causes harm to our society but it is not a violent act and is not an immediate threat to anybody's life. These memes spreading violent rhetoric against a class of people this community is at odds with is starting to feel like other corners of the internet that I don't want to be involved in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It absolutely is a violent act. In the same way that locking a person in a cage is a violent act, depriving people of the things they need to live is a violent act. The fact is, simply asking these people to stop hoarding and polluting is not going to work (duh). Is there a non-violent solution? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It absolutely is a violent act. In the same way that locking a person in a cage is a violent act, depriving people of the things they need to live is a violent act. The fact is, simply asking these people to stop hoarding and polluting is not going to work (duh). Is there a non-violent solution? permalink fedilink source parent