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I feel like that took too many words to point out that we can probably ignore the rich guy saying that everything will be great if we all just let rich guys tel
by gary_0 3y ago
I feel like that took too many words to point out that we can probably ignore the rich guy saying that everything will be great if we all just let rich guys tell us what to do.
I also feel like we as a society have a lot of hard work that needs doing, but everyone is too busy yelling at each other. There's a lot of water in the bilge, and I'd really love it if I saw someone holding a bucket.
- danaris 3y agoI mean, that may be true, but...a lot of people really need that pointed out! There's a large segment of the population—with decent representation right here on HN—that genuinely believes that if you're rich, then you must have gotten there by being smarter, or in some other way inherently superior, to the rest of us who aren't.
- npsimons 3y ago> There's a lot of water in the bilge, and I'd really love it if I saw someone holding a bucket. Here's the depressing reality: there are a lot of people in the bilge with buckets, quietly bailing like mad so they don't drown. I'm not just talking IT personnel here, there are legions of under-appreciated, underpayed essential workers (more than just healthcare professionals) that keep our civilization afloat. You don't hear from them, because they are a) too busy getting shit done, and b) disenfranchised (this includes not getting time off work to vote). The irony is you are distracted by the peacocks strutting about on deck debating whether we should even admit the bilge is filling up.