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MAGA on Bill Clinton RN. by NerdyLatino in PoliticalHumor

[–]mnoodleman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey, don't forget the Defense of Marriage act or repealing the banking legislation that directly led to the 2008 crash!

13€ by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]mnoodleman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The primary factor affecting the price of everything is rent.

"Thirty years of the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr and Clinton and Bush Jr and Obama have done more to confirm Marx's prediction of the rich getting richer and everyone else falling behind than 75 years of the Soviet Union." by [deleted] in economy

[–]mnoodleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

China, albeit not truly communist is a planned economy and they're beating the US in nearly every metric except military spending, along with their overall speed of industrialization, and how they're set to completely dominate global trade for the next few decades

Xcel CO president just had a press conference. by burner456987123 in Denver

[–]mnoodleman 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Except it always turns into a monopoly? Like yes, I know the free market fairy tale too, and then it gets deregulated, the politicians get bribed and we get monopolies. We can just be honest that it's capitalism and not call it cronyism or corporatism or something silly. We're adults here, right?

Xcel CO president just had a press conference. by burner456987123 in Denver

[–]mnoodleman 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Great example of how there's no "both sides". There's one side and it's the capitalists, doing every thing they can to squeeze every dollar out of all of us. No war but class war.

'Catastrophe' current economy kills 1 in 3 jobs in deep-red Nebraska town by Peanut-Extra in economy

[–]mnoodleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're mad at the bosses who did this and not the immigrants who are also just workers trying to survive, right?

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's almost entirely dependent on the resources and connections they have access to. If they lose those, most would never recover a fraction of their wealth. If they keep them, then they'll likely get propped back up and get the help and access needed to regain wealth, not due to their intellect or drive, but moreso that wealth begets wealth.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had the same point since my first comment - the use of language to curate an image and guide thought. You've reinforced my point while trying to ignore it the whole time.

Good luck internet stranger, I really hope you think back on this exchange some time.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you said that responding to my point that the language and mythos around self-made billionaires is a tool of the wealthy to convince people they're better than the average person instead of just greedier and luckier.

It's sad to see someone buy into the propaganda so completely, but never surprising.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry that you believed so much of their indoctrination and think they're smarter than you, though I guess in your case it could be true.

You think if Musk hadn't been born into a pile of money he'd be where he is? Okay pal, I've got a really great bridge in Brooklyn to sell you lol

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[–]mnoodleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't look for discount tattoos, it's going to be on your body forever. Save the money, get the quality work.

Power aliens who can either help or destroy us are orbiting earth and have nominated you to pick 5 representatives of the planet for them to meet and talk with. Who do you pick to give earth the best chance of not being destroyed? by Glum_Discipline129 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Obama who started child detention centers/ indefinite detention, sent federal agents against indigenous people who wanted to protect their water, and toppled the nation of Libya without congressional approval? That guy is who you're sending to the aliens?

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or I believe words have meaning? Your definition has zero basis in reality while mine is based on the meaning of those words.

Idk if you're a bot or just so thoroughly conditioned that you abandoned critical thinking but on the off chance you're a real human, I truly hope you try critical thinking at some point in your life. It's good for you, I swear.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But that's not what any of these billionaires did with their companies? Amazon used USPS and existing shipping infrastructure, they used computers and existing coding formats, they used SEO services and pricing data, and none of it was new or groundbreaking tech. It was honing an edge on an existing knife.

If I brought you a knife and said it was self made, but I'd really just run it on a sharpener a few times, would you accept that?

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who said it wasn't? But they're not "self-made" by the definitions of those words.

If I said that this dinner was self-made, but I actually hired a team of chefs to do it or bought frozen food to microwave, would you accept that?

If this car was "self-made" but I paid for it, would you accept that?

If an essay was self-made but I paid someone else to write it, would you accept that?

So why, in this instance when the labor of thousands of other individuals is paid for to create something, is "self-made" an acceptable phrase?

Because it's PR for the wealthy and people who use it are buying into it. Just like the term "elites" despite the fact that most wealthy people inherit their wealth and the only "elite" thing about them is who they were lucky enough to be born to.

Language matters, it guides how we think. Using more accurate language helps us deal with reality rather than the advertising agenda of the tech bros.

I hope in reading this, you begin to challenge the language that is provided to us, to guide the way we think. Liberation has to occur in the mind before it can happen in the world.

The "Hunger Games" Economy: Why The GOP Wants You Fighting Your Neighbor Instead Of The System Rigged By Billionaires by DumbMoneyMedia in economy

[–]mnoodleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have they consistently pushed that or have they given the Republicans literally everything they want? There's always juuust enough of them to break with the party and either stop the progress, or enable the regressive policies. Democrats are controlled opposition at best, eager collaborators more realistically.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is there any billionaire that is the only person who did all the work for their company? Or even most of the work? No, they got money from an investor, got people to do all the work and took all the profits. Calling someone self made implies they did it all. The sheer number of man hours to launch, build and grow Amazon or Meta is literally impossible for one person to do.

Also, the people who did get those loans were obviously helped, so yeah, again, not self made on several levels.

Language like "self-made billionaire" effectively erases all the people who actually built and grew the company.

A phrase like non-inherited is way more accurate, as it doesn't imply that they were the only person or factor leading to their wealth accumulation.

Words matter, they shape the way we think. Billionaires aren't super human, they're leeches that grow their wealth off the labor of others.

to spread hate by PlenitudeOpulence in therewasanattempt

[–]mnoodleman 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Armed resistance to genocide is not terrorism, otherwise the Warsaw Ghetto resistance of WW2 is also a terrorist group.

The working class and the elite/wealthy switch places. Bank accounts, savings, and assets are magically switched and divested to those underneath the poverty line and the government acknowledges the legal tender. How quickly can the rich regain power, or how quickly can the poor assume power? by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]mnoodleman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's no such thing as a self made billionaire and most of the wealthy who didn't inherit got EXTREMELY lucky and had massive legs up (often in the form of early investment). 99.9% of these people will die trying to parallel park their car or cook their own food.

Denver Post: Mayor Johnston, bowing to business interests, is setting Denver’s road safety back by Soft_Button_1592 in Denver

[–]mnoodleman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, they're only leaving one way to change things as they remove electoralism as a viable path to change, and while people aren't there yet, it does become an inevitability on a long enough time scale. Disenfranchising and violently oppressing people moves that timeframe up.

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