Max Leibman1d ago

A billionaire enters a gas station. Seeing the "Leave a penny, take a penny" dish on the counter, he scoops up all of the coins and pockets them.

"I'm a genius," he says to the protesting clerk. "I earned this money. Anybody could have taken it, but only I had the vision to see what was possible."

Show threadSeb1d ago
@maxleibman it’s the people defending the billionaires I don’t understand. They oppose a wealth tax on the super rich because it “won’t raise much” then moan about immigrants and benefits “scroungers” who take a fraction as much as the billionaires.
Show threadNazo
@seb321 @maxleibman Really what it comes down to more than anything else is they're immersed in a society built around idolizing and promoting those billionaires no matter what the cost. People are tricked into believing that someday they could be rich too and that anything that hurts the rich could even hurt them someday. Plus we're *all* taught from an early age that being poor means you're not working hard enough and therefore lazy (which is bad. Unless you're rich. Then it's fine.)
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Show threadjali20h ago
@nazokiyoubinbou @seb321 @maxleibman Not to mention that in this day and age, the majority of rich people inherited their wealth, they never had to work a single day in their lives to earn any of it. And even most of today's billionaires weren't poor to begin with: They already came from rich families and got even wealthier.
Show threadNazo9h ago

@jali @seb321 @maxleibman That's the crazy thing!

Trump, Musk, etc etc were all basically handed everything they have. What little they did to earn mostly came in the form of performance as a con artist. (And to be clear, that's not necessarily charisma as people assume — not all snake oil is sold with a smile...)

We're taught to hate anyone who who "doesn't work hard enough" but only if they're not rich. We're supposed to love the rich who never do real work — who can't do real work...