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The idea that "the rich are aliens" is creepy. It mainly serves to make their murder morally permissible. One hopes you can muster this ardent sympathy for the
by jessaustin 5y ago
The idea that "the rich are aliens" is creepy. It mainly serves to make their murder morally permissible.
One hopes you can muster this ardent sympathy for the millions of people killed in wars that the rich started and by healthcare deficiencies that the rich have arranged over the last several decades.
- slibhb 5y agoOne would hope that you could come up with a better theory than "the problem with the world is rich people" but one would be wrong, apparently. Rich people are, in fact, human. They are drawn from the general population.
- Khaine 5y agoUmmm, isn’t that literally what marxists and communists believe? That the proletariat must rise up and overthrow the bourgeois
- slibhb 5y agoSome of them believe that but it's not a Marxian belief. Marx's argument is "structural". The contradictions of a capitalist economy and society are the problem. The bourgeois are a symptom of that, not the cause. Killing all the bourgeois wouldn't solve the problem in itself, a radical restructuring of society is required.
- jessaustin 5y agoThat which is necessary is not always sufficient.
- SturgeonsLaw 5y agoWell yeah, they're human, that doesn't mean they're incapable of inflicting widespread suffering. It ain't poor people buying politicians, starting wars and pushing propaganda though the media.