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Reminds me of this tongue-in-cheek quote [1] by the LindyMan [2]: "It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" Also, why is the

Reminds me of this tongue-in-cheek quote [1] by the LindyMan [2]: "It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" Also, why is the list of "the rich" so short? At the very least, there are about 2,640 billionaires in the world [3]. They all surely qualify as being rich. [1]: https://ifunny.co/picture/lindyman-paulskallas-it-s-easy-to-hate-the-rich-but-zJ16br0k9 https://ifunny.co/picture/lindyman-paulskallas-it-s-easy-to-... [2]: The Lindy Way of Living (NY Times): https://archive.is/NBAej https://archive.is/NBAej [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World%27s_Billionaires&oldid=1165430306 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World%27s_Bil...

KennyBlanken 3y ago
I'd personally love a filter that was regularly updated to included every pop star, major movie, etc. I swear to god if I hear one more thing about a certain Mattel doll or a certain nuclear physicist, I'm going to fucking scream. Hollywood reacted to the strike by, seemingly, convincing every single possible media outlet, talk show, streamer, etc. to come up with the most contrived ways to mention the two movies. Even fucking NPR has been infested with this shit...damn near every program the last few days has been centered on the two. They seem hell-bent on saying "well if you're not going to promote the movies, fine, we don't need you."
- ororroro 3y ago
  It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't make it obvious that previously high quality social news sites are losing the bot war.
  - spencerflem 3y ago
    I'm a real person / real account. I believe a decent fraction of forum posts are bots WITH THAT SAID: I think in this case a lot of people are just genuinely happy that there's a prominent Hollywood movie that's a fun comedy and not yet-another marvel style movie.
    - the-great-assyr 3y ago
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formulathree 3y ago
>"It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" The majority of the population is not rich and the answer to this question/quotation is self mostly self evident to the same majority of the population.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  I got taken for a ride back when the "Occupy Wall Street" movement was all the rage about 15 years ago. Hate on the 1%! We are the 99%! We are the poor! Hate on the rich for making us poor! Fuck capitalism! Fuck big corpo! Yeah, it was very easy to hate on them alright. Felt good, even, at least in the immediate wake. But you know what? Nothing changed, obviously because hating on the rich isn't actually doing anything constructive. Sure, I felt good about myself, but the problems were still there as evident as they always were. It didn't take long for me to realize I was being coaxed into chasing a carrot on a stick for the benefit of the powers that be. I grew wiser from that experience, but it sure would have been nice if I didn't have to go through it and had a chance to gain that wisdom via more palatable means instead. Oh well, I wasn't wise so I had to go down that rocky path sooner or later. Anyway, the question of the quoted passage is asking whether you're just virtue signaling to feel good about yourself while resolving none of the problems you complain about, or whether you're serious about fixing some bullshit in the world around you which will be uncomfortable, hard, and arduous. Having the "courage to hate the poor" means having the courage to face very discomforting facts and the guts and will to really do something about the reality you take issue with. You're not taking the easy path of virtue signaling, you're going down the path of hellfire which might lead to a better world. Do you have that courage? That's the question being posed.
egypturnash 3y ago
These are the rich people who hunger for fame and attention and use their money to bring themselves to everyone else's attention, like it or not. Your local billionaire whose wealth rests on horrible, inhuman business practices that exchange other people's misery for their profit, but feels no need to make everyone look at them, is not saturating every piece of media with their imbecilic attempts to show off what wonderful and wise people they think they are.
thefz 3y ago
> "It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" I don't have my RSS feed flooded with some poor guy's latest hot take or bravado, ad nauseam, so it's waaay easier to hate the rich just for the media noise they produce alone.

KennyBlanken 3y ago

I'd personally love a filter that was regularly updated to included every pop star, major movie, etc. I swear to god if I hear one more thing about a certain Mattel doll or a certain nuclear physicist, I'm going to fucking scream. Hollywood reacted to the strike by, seemingly, convincing every single possible media outlet, talk show, streamer, etc. to come up with the most contrived ways to mention the two movies. Even fucking NPR has been infested with this shit...damn near every program the last few days has been centered on the two. They seem hell-bent on saying "well if you're not going to promote the movies, fine, we don't need you."

ororroro 3y ago
It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't make it obvious that previously high quality social news sites are losing the bot war.
- spencerflem 3y ago
  I'm a real person / real account. I believe a decent fraction of forum posts are bots WITH THAT SAID: I think in this case a lot of people are just genuinely happy that there's a prominent Hollywood movie that's a fun comedy and not yet-another marvel style movie.
  - the-great-assyr 3y ago
    [dead]

formulathree 3y ago

>"It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" The majority of the population is not rich and the answer to this question/quotation is self mostly self evident to the same majority of the population.

Dalewyn 3y ago
I got taken for a ride back when the "Occupy Wall Street" movement was all the rage about 15 years ago. Hate on the 1%! We are the 99%! We are the poor! Hate on the rich for making us poor! Fuck capitalism! Fuck big corpo! Yeah, it was very easy to hate on them alright. Felt good, even, at least in the immediate wake. But you know what? Nothing changed, obviously because hating on the rich isn't actually doing anything constructive. Sure, I felt good about myself, but the problems were still there as evident as they always were. It didn't take long for me to realize I was being coaxed into chasing a carrot on a stick for the benefit of the powers that be. I grew wiser from that experience, but it sure would have been nice if I didn't have to go through it and had a chance to gain that wisdom via more palatable means instead. Oh well, I wasn't wise so I had to go down that rocky path sooner or later. Anyway, the question of the quoted passage is asking whether you're just virtue signaling to feel good about yourself while resolving none of the problems you complain about, or whether you're serious about fixing some bullshit in the world around you which will be uncomfortable, hard, and arduous. Having the "courage to hate the poor" means having the courage to face very discomforting facts and the guts and will to really do something about the reality you take issue with. You're not taking the easy path of virtue signaling, you're going down the path of hellfire which might lead to a better world. Do you have that courage? That's the question being posed.

egypturnash 3y ago

These are the rich people who hunger for fame and attention and use their money to bring themselves to everyone else's attention, like it or not. Your local billionaire whose wealth rests on horrible, inhuman business practices that exchange other people's misery for their profit, but feels no need to make everyone look at them, is not saturating every piece of media with their imbecilic attempts to show off what wonderful and wise people they think they are.

thefz 3y ago

> "It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?" I don't have my RSS feed flooded with some poor guy's latest hot take or bravado, ad nauseam, so it's waaay easier to hate the rich just for the media noise they produce alone.