▲ 78 ▼ If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets - Chris Rock (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/socialism@midwest.social 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38254232
[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) Coming from a rich person permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] NewDark@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago I mean, there's a substantial difference between his level of wealth and a billionaire. He also generally works for it himself rather than living off stolen labor value and capital accumulation. It's probably still too much but it really isn't the problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) He would know. He and his mega rich peers wouldn't DO anything about it, though, since we're stupidly not compelling them to by law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago And? That makes the statement more impactful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago I mean, there's a substantial difference between his level of wealth and a billionaire. He also generally works for it himself rather than living off stolen labor value and capital accumulation. It's probably still too much but it really isn't the problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) He would know. He and his mega rich peers wouldn't DO anything about it, though, since we're stupidly not compelling them to by law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago And? That makes the statement more impactful. permalink fedilink source parent