Not sure you read my whole comment but yeah, it has an impact on Tuesday that will last until next Wednesday, or whenever the usual distractions bump this down to the bottom of people’s feeds.
Remember the Panama Papers, which exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.
Or the Paradise Papers, which also exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.
Don’t talk down to me. Sure, I remember, partly why I’m a communist today. But! Normal people don’t care about that nerd shit. What people care about is blood on the streets, that’s what grabs their attention.
Grabs their attention is right, until next Thursday when something else does and we’re back to business as usual. I wouldn’t call it “having a direct effect” I would call it a very temporary delusion of one.
Yes, because betraying the bourgeoisie is good for workers, whereas betraying the workers is bad for workers. Duh?
Spoiled rich kid with back pain kills insurance CEO, some industry-wide practices abruptly change.
Public: “Yay, justice at last! Spoiled Rick Kid is a god!!!”
Insurance practices slowly go back to the way they were. New CEO is just as bad.
Public: “The system betrayed us again!”
Duh?
And now the public knows that killing a CEO had a direct impact. Regardless of the perpetrator, that has an effect on the public imagination!
Not sure you read my whole comment but yeah, it has an impact on Tuesday that will last until next Wednesday, or whenever the usual distractions bump this down to the bottom of people’s feeds.
Remember the Panama Papers, which exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.
Or the Paradise Papers, which also exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.
Don’t talk down to me. Sure, I remember, partly why I’m a communist today. But! Normal people don’t care about that nerd shit. What people care about is blood on the streets, that’s what grabs their attention.
Grabs their attention is right, until next Thursday when something else does and we’re back to business as usual. I wouldn’t call it “having a direct effect” I would call it a very temporary delusion of one.
Rich people got a union and that’s beautiful…
Peasants got a union that’s bad, mmmkay