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[–] 36 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

Hey look, it's that guy (Jerry Seinfeld) that paid counter protesters to harass pro-Palestinian protesters at American colleges (his wife, but same bank account).

He also compared anti-genocide protesters to the KKK and declared anyone who opposes Israel's genocide equivilent to "hating jews".

That guy, Jerry Seinfeld, is a real piece of shit. Almost as bad as billionaires.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I agree with most of your comment, but what's so bad about comparing anti-genocide protesters to the KKK? Look, I'll compare them right now, and you tell me what's so bad about the comparison.

    The KKK are far more evil and dangerous than anti-genocide protesters

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Comparing implies highlighting similarities, or equating them. You just pointed out a difference.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Actually, comparing is the opposite of equating. In math, equations use =, while comparisons use > or <. In computer science, it's a similar story, except equations are replaced with equality tests and also get !=.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, those definitions are correct in a mathematical context. But everyday language works differently.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago

    So you're saying I didn't compare the KKK against anti-genocide protesters, when I pointed out the difference between them. And that's your position derived from everyday language. Right.

    Got a question for you then: We all know not to compare apples and oranges, but why would we want to compare apples and apples? I have an answer: it's because at the supermarket, I want to choose the freshest apples to buy. So I compare them by how fresh they look. But since you say comparison isn't for differences, why would you want to compare apples?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    It’s honestly weird hearing George say this in my head, it’s not out of character, if he were rich it would be different obviously

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  • Yeah...all those folks who claimed 9/11, or 2008 wiped them out: just do whatever you did, over again, et voilà!

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    [–] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    There was this one rich guy that tried starting from 0 and making his money back to show other people it can be done. He had to give up eventually and he only made 65 000$ in 10 months.

    Coffeezilla made a video about him on his second channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B9AnLnleoE

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago*

    And he went "Yeah but this technically doesn't count, I had to quit because someone got sick." and he still didn't seem to realize that that's exactly what happens to poor people too except they have no way to hit the "stop being poor until conditions improve" -panic button.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    More glorious because it has that PoS Seinfeld saying something he never would

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Wait, I forget what horrible rich piece of shit thing he's known for... is it wanting the legal space to fuck children, or was it his utter contempt of people trying to earn a living wage? Or something I'm totally forgetting?

    I know he's a massive utterly vile piece of shit. I just forget which flavor of piece of shit.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Because money is an "universal equivalent" commodity that can be exchanged for essentially anything, ranging from food, housing and other essentials to personal political power. If you're a capitalist and can get this powerful commodity passively without doing any labor of your own, it wouldn't make sense not to go for more.

    That, and also just how capitalism works in general - capital tends to accumulate in the hands of the few given how easy it is, often even without doing anything, to monopolize industries, drive smaller competitors out of business or even absorb them.

    Add in the very basics too like how the main driving force behind companies is profit accumulation, and you start noticing that it's not necessarily a moral failure, but a system being one of capital accumulation - it's the game that everyone is heavily encouraged and told to play.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Kind of interesting that Seinfeld is the subject of the meme, since he is now a billionaire.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Literal lawls. 🤣

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