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We're not allowed to "eat the rich" anymore because of the repressive nature of the neo-liberal system, so incidents like this one where not one, but two billio

We're not allowed to "eat the rich" anymore because of the repressive nature of the neo-liberal system, so incidents like this one where not one, but two billionaires find their gruesome death is the closest to a Middle Ages egalitarian-imposing peasant revolt that we could ever get. Sucks for the 19-year old kid involved in all this, that I agree with.

cycrutchfield 3y ago
What a ghoulish take
- paganel 3y ago
  The ghoulish take are the 110,000 deaths of despair recorded in the US between February 2021 and February of 2022. The ghoulish take is this 19-year old kid from Chicago [2], definitely not a billionaire's son, saying how most of his friends and male acquaintances are usually gone by the age of 21. [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-physical-pain-is-linked-to-more-deaths-of-despair1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-physical-p... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOUwMJmTVM&t=134s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOUwMJmTVM&t=134s
  - cycrutchfield 3y ago
    Any other non sequiturs you would like to add?
    - paganel 3y ago
      You saying that there’s no connection between a bunch of rich capitalists throwing away 250k a piece to go sit in a tube and the socio-economic disaster now hitting America head-on is part of the problem. In pure HN spirit, that of problem-solving, I don’t see a reasonably quick solution to this, on account of that repressive nature of the current socio-economic regime that I mentioned earlier. And nice privileged use of a Latinism, I’ll give you that.
      - cycrutchfield 3y ago
        Are you suggesting that addiction, depression, and lack of opportunities are somehow not present in whatever alternative communist utopia you apparently have in mind? Celebrating a Pakistani billionaire’s death because of the existence of poverty in America is not surprising for a tankie. Pretty on-brand in terms of ghoulishness and level of logic.
chasd00 3y ago
> Sucks for the 19-year old kid involved in all this, that I agree with. the 19 year old was rich too, shouldn't you be celebrating?
- paganel 3y ago
  Actually, you're right, I'm not celebrating but at 19 years of age he could of said no, he didn't.

cycrutchfield 3y ago

What a ghoulish take

paganel 3y ago
The ghoulish take are the 110,000 deaths of despair recorded in the US between February 2021 and February of 2022. The ghoulish take is this 19-year old kid from Chicago [2], definitely not a billionaire's son, saying how most of his friends and male acquaintances are usually gone by the age of 21. [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-physical-pain-is-linked-to-more-deaths-of-despair1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-physical-p... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOUwMJmTVM&t=134s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOUwMJmTVM&t=134s
- cycrutchfield 3y ago
  Any other non sequiturs you would like to add?
  - paganel 3y ago
    You saying that there’s no connection between a bunch of rich capitalists throwing away 250k a piece to go sit in a tube and the socio-economic disaster now hitting America head-on is part of the problem. In pure HN spirit, that of problem-solving, I don’t see a reasonably quick solution to this, on account of that repressive nature of the current socio-economic regime that I mentioned earlier. And nice privileged use of a Latinism, I’ll give you that.
    - cycrutchfield 3y ago
      Are you suggesting that addiction, depression, and lack of opportunities are somehow not present in whatever alternative communist utopia you apparently have in mind? Celebrating a Pakistani billionaire’s death because of the existence of poverty in America is not surprising for a tankie. Pretty on-brand in terms of ghoulishness and level of logic.

chasd00 3y ago

> Sucks for the 19-year old kid involved in all this, that I agree with. the 19 year old was rich too, shouldn't you be celebrating?

paganel 3y ago
Actually, you're right, I'm not celebrating but at 19 years of age he could of said no, he didn't.