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Reality: Americans have not been ruled by the superhero-like ultra rich for decades, and are starting to notice that little is improving and much is getting wor
by c_crank 3y ago
Reality: Americans have not been ruled by the superhero-like ultra rich for decades, and are starting to notice that little is improving and much is getting worse.
- BartjeD 3y agoI think a lot improved for the countless people who got medicaid. When you assert something hasn't improved, it tells me it hasnt improved according to your personal criteria. I suspect those dont cover the wellfare and health of your society.
- c_crank 3y agoHow many people would be willing to trade medicaid for something as simple as inflation reduction, I wonder?
- lgeorget 3y agoAren't all recent US presidents ultra-rich?
- consilient 3y agoNo. Most were in the $1-10 million net worth range before taking office. Former presidents, of course, can easily make tens of millions on book sales and speaking fees. But that's still small time compared to the owners of major firms.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoThat's because the ultra-rich figured out how to buy the politicians, so they're not the ones "in charge" and don't take the blame.
- c_crank 3y agoThe politicians the ultra rich buy are the ones pushing policy in the opposite direction of Elon Musk.
- CatWChainsaw 3y ago.... I looked back to the very root comment for any mention of Musk. Why did you mention him? What relevance does he have? What point are you trying to make?
- c_crank 3y agoFor as much as any man in 21st century America can claim to stand for the position of the superhero rich man trying to dictate policy in favor of industry, he does. He argues for less regulation, less taxes, even such quaint things like free speech. But the rich can also stand for the opposite of those things, as the Rockefeller trust and the Bill Gates fund do.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoI'll just point to basically everything that's happened at Twitter as an example of bad policy, including the 'free speech' he promised except not really. He's also dialing labor laws back by a century or two with the pressure he put on people to sleep in the office, even setting up beds that were in violation of building code. Pedo Guy Space Karen is not the billionaire superhero you want him to be, so simp for him elsewhere.
- c_crank 3y agoI'm not assigning any moral value by calling him a 'superhero' only pointing out that he can represent a side, and that side does not even hold the majority of the wealthy.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoCalling him a superhero assigns him the moral value of things generally considered "good", which is quite an assumption to make about Pedo Guy Space Karen WeChat2 Wannabe. He represents the non-billionaire cohort about as well and faithfully as Trump did. 'Kill your heroes' and you'll be better off.