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I don't even understand how they would be against something that benefits them personally. I wonder if it's the mentality that "one day" they would become the I

by anhner 4y ago

I don't even understand how they would be against something that benefits them personally. I wonder if it's the mentality that "one day" they would become the IT moguls that own one of these companies, and wouldn't want this to disadvantage them?

vkou 4y ago
They probably think that they've gotten one over everyone, and are super-skilled negotiators that are earning 40% more than their peers for the same work. Reality is probably quite different from that imagination.
atoav 4y ago
Narcissism. [polemic rant incoming] They believe they are exceptional and deserve even higher pay than the ones listed, that the leopards-eating-peoples-faces-party won't eat their faces if they vote for it, that they are just temporarily embarrassed billionaires in a bit of a ruffle and golden times are just around the corner, they believe that they are better off if their surroundings are worse off, that the invisible hand of the market will fix everything except when it is them that suffer within the market, that is when the government needs to step in. The idea is vampirism, the polar opposite of Karma. Take as much as you can, kick down when you gained an slight angle on others, always priorize winning over any set of consistent principles, have a flexible relationship with the truth and underline aspects of it in inconsistent ways, as your goal is not to be truthful, but to win over others. Everything is a zero-sum-game, others having it good means they took something from you.
- HEmanZ 4y ago
  I really think you strawman to the extreme with this. I’ve never met one of these people, but on the internet they get made up because they need to exist in order for posters to feel so justified and unarguably right in their political opinions.
  - yobbo 4y ago
    Rather, the point of caricature is to make something recognizable by exaggerating the distinguishing features.
  - atoav 4y ago
    How would you describe a polemic rant? The purpose of a polemic rant as I see it is precisely to take it to the extreme — otherwise it would neither be polemic, nor a rant.

by anhner 4y ago

vkou 4y ago

They probably think that they've gotten one over everyone, and are super-skilled negotiators that are earning 40% more than their peers for the same work. Reality is probably quite different from that imagination.

atoav 4y ago

Narcissism. [polemic rant incoming] They believe they are exceptional and deserve even higher pay than the ones listed, that the leopards-eating-peoples-faces-party won't eat their faces if they vote for it, that they are just temporarily embarrassed billionaires in a bit of a ruffle and golden times are just around the corner, they believe that they are better off if their surroundings are worse off, that the invisible hand of the market will fix everything except when it is them that suffer within the market, that is when the government needs to step in. The idea is vampirism, the polar opposite of Karma. Take as much as you can, kick down when you gained an slight angle on others, always priorize winning over any set of consistent principles, have a flexible relationship with the truth and underline aspects of it in inconsistent ways, as your goal is not to be truthful, but to win over others. Everything is a zero-sum-game, others having it good means they took something from you.

HEmanZ 4y ago
I really think you strawman to the extreme with this. I’ve never met one of these people, but on the internet they get made up because they need to exist in order for posters to feel so justified and unarguably right in their political opinions.
- yobbo 4y ago
  Rather, the point of caricature is to make something recognizable by exaggerating the distinguishing features.
- atoav 4y ago
  How would you describe a polemic rant? The purpose of a polemic rant as I see it is precisely to take it to the extreme — otherwise it would neither be polemic, nor a rant.