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Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy white collar types who got rich perpetuating whatever the system is don't tend to fare well in those sorts of things.
by potato3732842 2y ago
Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy white collar types who got rich perpetuating whatever the system is don't tend to fare well in those sorts of things. A lot of HN would wind up losing their heads or swinging from the overpass same as the French and Russian minor nobility.
- alephnerd 2y ago^^^ This. Most of HN is affected by layoffs and a bad market, yet at the end of the day, most of our material conditions are better than most of our peers both in white collar industries as well as the larger population.
- mschuster91 2y agoBoth when it comes to wealth and politics, I'd be on the side of those with the pitchforks anyway. The key thing that today's oligarchs and elite-rich forgot to learn from history: at least some time in a year, the rain falling down on the plebs shouldn't be shit but gold. When the population feels like their personal / family wealth/status cannot be influenced by whatever they do or not do, bad things can happen - some gang up for a revolution, others disconnect from the system entirely and become some form of hermit or completely rely on government aid, with zero motivation to contribute to society.