None HitwonderRich white men born in the 30s and 40s have been in charge of everything for the majority of my life, and never ever even once have they ever proven to be any good at it.
\\\\\\\\\\\...@nonehitwonder At least they will all be dead soon.
@11backslashes true, though it's a cold comfort when they've robbed us for our entire lives and will never be held to account.
panu@nonehitwonder
Sounds like they've done an excellent job at being in charge. For them, that is.
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Sounds like they've done an excellent job at being in charge. For them, that is.
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@shadowdancer @11backslashes I think you and I can agree that, objectively, this is not what successfully running everything looks like.
@nonehitwonder
Well I sure do agree with you on their lack of success.
But can it be said so objectively? What do you think they'd say?
Look, all I'm saying is we have our perspective and they have theirs and they sure aren't going to change their ways.
All we can do is fight back and actively strive to change things.
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@shadowdancer @11backslashes I'm a bit confused by all the people in my replies trying to both-sides this particular point, whether to attempt comedy or rueful cynicism, but it feels like a bad-faith interpretation of a pretty clear statement.
If being objective means putting personal feelings aside to make an assessment based on facts and measurable results, then I would maintain that, objectively, the job of running everything being done is being done poorly. If the job were "acquire all the wealth at the expense of anyone but yourself," then objectively they could be considered a success, but that, I hope you can agree, is not what the job is supposed to be.
Otherwise I'm on board with your position that it's up to us.
Dudula the Dud@nonehitwonder The ones born in the 1960s are no better.
fan boy 🪭@nonehitwonder
They have been very successful at their goals of getting richer and killing the planet. Which all of them are always working towards, regardless of the words coming out of their mouth.
They have been very successful at their goals of getting richer and killing the planet. Which all of them are always working towards, regardless of the words coming out of their mouth.
@notyourfanboy I think you and I can agree that, objectively, this is not what successfully running everything looks like.
Christiaan Jacobs@nonehitwonder well… our prime minister for 14 years is born in 1967. Not much better I can tell you…
(In his current role he’s calling orange D daddy…)
@cejjacobs those are the failsons of that previous generation, waiting for their idiot parents to hand them the unearned keys to the kingdom when they finally die. I'm not looking forward to another 40 years under them, either.
@nonehitwonder I have faith in my son! (Born in 2007 😂)
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@nonehitwonder Okay but to be fair Bruce Springsteen was pretty competent at leading the E Street Band at that age so your premise fails. In this essay I will address...
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2qx 🔻It seems a lot of "rich" white guys are just easily bought and/or blackmailed.
Bernadette@nonehitwonder I agree.
Jan Antoš@nonehitwonder lets simplify it, rich white man period. And also those serving them to become more powerful.
Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️🌈@nonehitwonder Quite brother, now let’s change that 😼
(Okay I’m just trying to get a smile out of a VERY BAD situation, but yeah I’m so tired of having “old turds” in control of everything. What’s the point of retiring if they don’t and won’t retire?)
Still, I am still hopeful that we can (and my generation will do better) get out of this mess 😿
(Okay I’m just trying to get a smile out of a VERY BAD situation, but yeah I’m so tired of having “old turds” in control of everything. What’s the point of retiring if they don’t and won’t retire?)
Still, I am still hopeful that we can (and my generation will do better) get out of this mess 😿
DeadTOm 
@nonehitwonder The fundamental misunderstanding here is that those people are working to make things better for everyone. They're not.
They're working to make things better for all rich, white men. In that endeavor, they're doing very well.
@deadtom I think you and I can agree that, objectively, this is not what successfully running everything looks like.
Tag Your Toe@nonehitwonder The rich white men born since then are even stupider.
Critical Angle@nonehitwonder they really really suck at it!!!
Donald Ball@nonehitwonder @LeftistLawyer “John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001.”