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Too late socialists, I have already depicted you as the soyjack. (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

Presumably this is satire, as these are clearly not equivalent statements.

We don't share limited horsepower, but we do share limited wealth, and it can be redistributed.

This anaology also implies there is an essentialism to people's financial situations. That rich and poor people are inherently different. In reality rich people have been allowed to be rich by current societal structures.

Looks like I have over-analyzed the meme. If you are a troll, you've got me.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Another minor point of contention: Lamborghini's are at best 4-5 times faster than a shitbox car. A single-billionaire earns 20 000 times more than the average person. The scales are all out of wack.

    A closer comparison would be the difference between a private jet and a person walking. Even that would only be a 200x difference. A snail and private jet is much closer to that 20 000x difference.

    It's so absurd a difference in scale that the comparison is hard for people to imagine.

    A world where the difference between the average person and the richest people is only as large as a shitbox and a Lamborghini's speed would be actually be a pretty palatable society to live in.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    I think a more accurate analogy would be "I'd be faster if Lamborghini didn't steal the majority of my power output."

    Money is made up (especially when we think about company valuations and the ability to use stock as collateral) so I don't think it's accurate to say there is limited wealth. Wealth distribution isn't tackling the fundamental injustice of capitalism.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    A better comparison would be: "I'd perform better at the race if the winners weren't the ones who made up the rules."

    Edit: And somehow, they always get out of time penalties.

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  • [+] [S] -9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It's definitely not sure satire. You people really need to get back on Facebook. It's nuts. It's fucking insane

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I think I'll pass. Left Facebook over 5 years ago and I haven't used it in 10.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Do what you want. Cowards choice. But the fact that a lot of you decided this same thing means there's less people fighting the bullshit and it's out of control. Like it's out of control and if you haven't seen it in a year it two, you'd be fucking disgusted what it is. Being constitutionally weaker and hiding away gets a you a few years of relief but that shit grows without push back and creeps in to your life when your coworkers and aunts and grandparents start talking about it at bingo. At some point you have to deal with it. The bullshit is easier to deal with earlier when it's concentrated then when it's spread over all the walls.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, but it's not my job to clean up a billionaire's rotting platform.

    X and Facebook profit from petty conflict, spread misinformation for clicks and their leaders are horrible people. Those platforms can die for all I care. The less people are on there the better.

    If people want to talk to me, they can and do contact me directly.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago

    Nobody asked you to clean it up. But those sites do not die. They grow every year and you cannot complain about fascism or authoritarians here while not actively engaging them over there. Its like not voting then complaining when the guy you hate gets elected

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    • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    A lambo compared to a shitbox is an acceptable difference for wealth. 100 Airbus A320's combined together for a single person to travel is not an acceptable difference to either side, which would be a roughly equivelant comparison of a a billionaire, a millionaire and your average person.

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    An equivalent statement would be that the car wouldn't pay as much for gas if the rich weren't hoarding most of it

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