The fact that I have negative points for asking a simple question is a textbook example of ideologues’ hostility to even the slightest bit of what one would strain to even call ‘dissent’. Pitiful.
I’m going to take the rage bait on this one, in hopes that you’re not trolling:
No. It’s stuff like this, which makes several of your comments here earning downvotes.
If it were “a simple question” you wouldn’t whine about getting downvotes. The fact, that you care about votes here and in this context at all is a sign of your “ideologues’ hostility” towards contrary opinions. If it were “a simpue question” you wouldn’t be so condescending to call downvotes “ideologues’ hostility” or “pitiful”.
Your “simple question” can still be suggestive and carry a message which clearly show that your intentions are not to neutrally ask a question but to challenge the readers and the common opinion found among them. Given this context, such questions can even seem ridiculuous to ask at all, as the amount of wealth accumulated by wealthy people is insane. (See for example this one of many illustrations: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ ) In other words: your question seems a bit like rage bait.
Combined with your other comments here, a clear picture cristallises about your opinion on this topic, which further hardens, that it’s not just “a simple question”.
It’s totally fine for me and probably a lot of other users here if you’ve got a different opinion. If people disagree with you or don’t like it, you get downvotes. That’s the way of Lemmy. Heck, I’ll probably earn a downvote from you. Do I care? No. Not really. Of course it would be nice if we could agree. But I accept that you probably won’t like what I’ve written here and that you’re giving me a downvote for that. It’s an expression of your opinion. And that’s ok.
If you were about to get banned for your “simple question”, or your question got removed, then we could talk again about hostility. Until then it’s political discourse. Isn’t democracy beautiful? ;)
Your “simple question” can still be suggestive and carry a message which clearly show that your intentions are not to neutrally ask a question but to challenge
A wild assertion like the one that was made deserves to be challenged. And the fact that you think asking someone to back up such an assertion is congruent with hostility or a ‘lack of neutrality’ really says more about you than it does about the asker. Big “how dare you question them” vibes, another ideologue hallmark, coincidentally, lol.
such questions can even seem ridiculuous to ask at all, as the amount of wealth accumulated by wealthy people is insane
It’s actually nothing compared to what the US government already spends every year. The entirety of all US billionaires’ combined net worth is less than a single year’s spending.
If people disagree with you or don’t like it, you get downvotes.
You’re saying this like I demanded people not be allowed to downvote whatever they want, which I didn’t and never would. But what gets downvoted can speak volumes about the downvoter’s assumptions and biases, whether they like it or not.
I’m going to take the rage bait on this one, in hopes that you’re not trolling:
No. It’s stuff like this, which makes several of your comments here earning downvotes.
If it were “a simple question” you wouldn’t whine about getting downvotes. The fact, that you care about votes here and in this context at all is a sign of your “ideologues’ hostility” towards contrary opinions. If it were “a simpue question” you wouldn’t be so condescending to call downvotes “ideologues’ hostility” or “pitiful”.
Your “simple question” can still be suggestive and carry a message which clearly show that your intentions are not to neutrally ask a question but to challenge the readers and the common opinion found among them. Given this context, such questions can even seem ridiculuous to ask at all, as the amount of wealth accumulated by wealthy people is insane. (See for example this one of many illustrations: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ ) In other words: your question seems a bit like rage bait.
Combined with your other comments here, a clear picture cristallises about your opinion on this topic, which further hardens, that it’s not just “a simple question”.
It’s totally fine for me and probably a lot of other users here if you’ve got a different opinion. If people disagree with you or don’t like it, you get downvotes. That’s the way of Lemmy. Heck, I’ll probably earn a downvote from you. Do I care? No. Not really. Of course it would be nice if we could agree. But I accept that you probably won’t like what I’ve written here and that you’re giving me a downvote for that. It’s an expression of your opinion. And that’s ok.
If you were about to get banned for your “simple question”, or your question got removed, then we could talk again about hostility. Until then it’s political discourse. Isn’t democracy beautiful? ;)
A wild assertion like the one that was made deserves to be challenged. And the fact that you think asking someone to back up such an assertion is congruent with hostility or a ‘lack of neutrality’ really says more about you than it does about the asker. Big “how dare you question them” vibes, another ideologue hallmark, coincidentally, lol.
It’s actually nothing compared to what the US government already spends every year. The entirety of all US billionaires’ combined net worth is less than a single year’s spending.
You’re saying this like I demanded people not be allowed to downvote whatever they want, which I didn’t and never would. But what gets downvoted can speak volumes about the downvoter’s assumptions and biases, whether they like it or not.