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Just yell "NOT ALL RICH PEOPLE" and be done with it, bro.

• ithkuil 3y ago
  That's not what I'm saying. My intent is not to defend rich people. Yes obviously most of them don't spend their time controlling the media but instead spend time showing off on their yachts. My point is something else: I don't but the idea that there are two factions, the rich and the poor, and that all rich people have the same interests and thus are allies and that all poor people have the same interests and are allied (or so they should). Sure, this view is partially grounded in realty and that's why Marx did come up with it and it's why it stuck to this day as sensible to so many people. But I don't think it's true. I think it oversimplifies reality to the point that a spherical cow in comparison is anatomically accurate. But it's worse than just being wrong. It actively stifles conversation. Any attempt to have a nuanced conversation about these topics ultimately resolves in an accusation of "you're defending the rich, just admit it". That's what turns a idea into an ideology. Ideologies are ideas with built-in self-defense mechanisms.