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Meanwhile we are being told, even on this forum, that income inequality is no big thing and one shouldn't be envious, it's unseemly. Where is the revolution?

dragonwriter 3y ago
Given that this forum skews toward the winning side of the income inequality game, its not really surprising to find that sentiment overrepresented here.
- HarryHirsch 3y ago
  Always remember: if it can be used against them it will be used against you!
  - kbelder 3y ago
    The law, in its infinite wisdom, lets both rich men and poor men alike cut corners.
- omginternets 3y ago
  I mean, the little guy won this particular case, so I’m not sure what you’re on about …
- kortilla 3y ago
  That’s why this article about money not winning is on the front page. The cognitive dissonance to attack boogeymen is mind boggling
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > That’s why this article about money not winning is on the front page. No, its not. Its also not inconsistent with it being on the front page. Even if one assumes that the reason that it is on the front page is class sympathy with the party who prevailed on most of the issues, and not any other reason…”disproportionate” is not “exclusive”. I’ve never accused HN of being a unitary hive mind (in fact, if you go through my posting history, you’ll see that’s an idea that I frequently mock.) That doesn’t mean, though, that it is a representative – demographically or ideologically – slice of the population, either, and the ways it isn’t ideologically reflect, largely, the ways it isn’t demographically.
    - detourdog 3y ago
      I thought it was on the front page to show how brilliant land management plan is ridiculous in implementation.
    - kortilla 3y ago
      That’s a lot of word diarrhea to say that it being on the front page is not representative of anything and that you have the secret actual guide to HN ideologies. Pray tell, what is your source for the boogeyman you are attacking since it’s not what is popular?
- detourdog 3y ago
  There is no winning side you have been conned.
wernercd 3y ago
"Where is the revolution?" You know of any revolutions that solve inequality? All the ones in known history simply change who the winners and losers are and maintain inequality. Inequality absolutely exists and "revolutions" that claim to fix it in fact... don't. Socialism/Communism/etc all fail spectacularly to solve the "issue" of inequality.
- hgsgm 3y ago
  French Revolution?
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  - omginternets 3y ago
    Have you been paying attention to French politics lately? And incidentally, are you familiar with the atrocities committed during the revolution? The “vertical deportations” of the Vendée region might add some much-needed nuance to what I can only surmise to be your whitewashed, simplistic interpretation of the French Revolution. People excitedly waiting for revolution often have no idea what a revolution actually is. If they did, they’d be aware that the most fervent revolutionaries are among the first to be executed when the establishment is overthrown. They’d also have some awareness of how the old power structures are often replaced with equivalent ones. A revolution is a failure mode, not an end to be pursued. Read more history.
    - pyrale 3y ago
      > Have you been paying attention to French politics lately? To be fair, the last revolution in France was 150 years ago, things change quite a bit in 150 years. > your whitewashed, simplistic interpretation of the French Revolution You seem to be equally biased, if on the other side. Events as large as a revolution are complex enough that it is hard to fit them into a manichean assessment.
      - 3y ago
PragmaticPulp 3y ago
Did you miss the part where having all of that land and money didn’t let him get his way? > In the video, Bakken and Miller tell Grende, who had called to report the four hunters were trespassing by “corner crossing,” they would not cite the men for either trespassing to hunt or criminal trespass They also lost in court. It was a ranch manager trying to intimidate people with wealth, and it didn’t work.
- noitpmeder 3y ago
  Not only did they lose in court -- they further cemented this ruling as a matter of settled law.
- pyrale 3y ago
  Subsequently: > Officers said they would submit reports to the county attorney who, documents say, subsequently ordered a deputy to charge the men, which happened on Oct. 4.

dragonwriter 3y ago

Given that this forum skews toward the winning side of the income inequality game, its not really surprising to find that sentiment overrepresented here.

HarryHirsch 3y ago
Always remember: if it can be used against them it will be used against you!
- kbelder 3y ago
  The law, in its infinite wisdom, lets both rich men and poor men alike cut corners.
omginternets 3y ago
I mean, the little guy won this particular case, so I’m not sure what you’re on about …
kortilla 3y ago
That’s why this article about money not winning is on the front page. The cognitive dissonance to attack boogeymen is mind boggling
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > That’s why this article about money not winning is on the front page. No, its not. Its also not inconsistent with it being on the front page. Even if one assumes that the reason that it is on the front page is class sympathy with the party who prevailed on most of the issues, and not any other reason…”disproportionate” is not “exclusive”. I’ve never accused HN of being a unitary hive mind (in fact, if you go through my posting history, you’ll see that’s an idea that I frequently mock.) That doesn’t mean, though, that it is a representative – demographically or ideologically – slice of the population, either, and the ways it isn’t ideologically reflect, largely, the ways it isn’t demographically.
  - detourdog 3y ago
    I thought it was on the front page to show how brilliant land management plan is ridiculous in implementation.
  - kortilla 3y ago
    That’s a lot of word diarrhea to say that it being on the front page is not representative of anything and that you have the secret actual guide to HN ideologies. Pray tell, what is your source for the boogeyman you are attacking since it’s not what is popular?
detourdog 3y ago
There is no winning side you have been conned.

wernercd 3y ago

"Where is the revolution?" You know of any revolutions that solve inequality? All the ones in known history simply change who the winners and losers are and maintain inequality. Inequality absolutely exists and "revolutions" that claim to fix it in fact... don't. Socialism/Communism/etc all fail spectacularly to solve the "issue" of inequality.

hgsgm 3y ago
French Revolution?
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- omginternets 3y ago
  Have you been paying attention to French politics lately? And incidentally, are you familiar with the atrocities committed during the revolution? The “vertical deportations” of the Vendée region might add some much-needed nuance to what I can only surmise to be your whitewashed, simplistic interpretation of the French Revolution. People excitedly waiting for revolution often have no idea what a revolution actually is. If they did, they’d be aware that the most fervent revolutionaries are among the first to be executed when the establishment is overthrown. They’d also have some awareness of how the old power structures are often replaced with equivalent ones. A revolution is a failure mode, not an end to be pursued. Read more history.
  - pyrale 3y ago
    > Have you been paying attention to French politics lately? To be fair, the last revolution in France was 150 years ago, things change quite a bit in 150 years. > your whitewashed, simplistic interpretation of the French Revolution You seem to be equally biased, if on the other side. Events as large as a revolution are complex enough that it is hard to fit them into a manichean assessment.
    - 3y ago

PragmaticPulp 3y ago

Did you miss the part where having all of that land and money didn’t let him get his way? > In the video, Bakken and Miller tell Grende, who had called to report the four hunters were trespassing by “corner crossing,” they would not cite the men for either trespassing to hunt or criminal trespass They also lost in court. It was a ranch manager trying to intimidate people with wealth, and it didn’t work.

noitpmeder 3y ago
Not only did they lose in court -- they further cemented this ruling as a matter of settled law.
pyrale 3y ago
Subsequently: > Officers said they would submit reports to the county attorney who, documents say, subsequently ordered a deputy to charge the men, which happened on Oct. 4.