• themeatbridge
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    10719 days ago

    It’s alarming how surprised the oligarchs seem to be. Like they didn’t realize they were the baddies.

    • @[email protected]
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      6919 days ago

      I expect many of them have spent their lives so immersed in capitalist indoctrination that they genuinely have no idea others view their activities as exploitation and a bad thing. To them, accumulating wealth through whatever means you can is just what you do. And they tend to think that anyone who doesn’t do this is just a bit stupid and hasn’t figured out what life is about. Don’t underestimate their narrow-minded blinkeredness.

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        518 days ago

        Perhaps they have stopped thinking critically and believe that whatever is legal is ethical.

        I’ll save them some time: The entire for-profit insurance, prison, and banking industries are unethical.

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      2219 days ago

      Nah it’s just weaponized “concern trolling” in an attempt to quell support. I’m sure the red coats used similar language when talking about people like George Washington back in the day too.

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      218 days ago

      Oligarchs are, by definition, backstabbers. They don’t know solidarity amongst themselves