Brad Feicht (He/Him)Jun 2
Condor Puma Serpiente
First they came for the billionaires and I said nothing because I am not a billionaire
Then they came for the millionaires and I said nothing because I'm not a millionaire. Then everything was cool and they stopped coming for people
Jun 2 at 7:58pmWeb
Show threadJust Tom... 🐁Jun 2
@brad YES!!!
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE4d ago
@tompearce49 @brad "Millionaires" includes a large chunk of southern England, if you include people who've paid off their mortgage and have pension savings from a normal professional job.
Show threadusername4d ago
@TimWardCam people who own >£1M in housing are part of the labour aristocracy (and maybe needed some inherited advantage, depending on when they got on tHe PrOpErTy LaDdEr). Redistributing wealth away from the labour aristocracy is way less of a priority for me than redistributing ownership of businesses, but i don't personally see private home ownership as a revolutionary goal - let alone constant inflation-beating house price rises acting as a national wealth concentrator.
Show threadQuinn Norton4d ago
@TimWardCam @tompearce49 @brad build houses until they're not millionaires anymore.
Show threadRustyFreewheelJun 3
@brad made me laugh
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurJun 3
@brad
My name is Guillotine Jones and I approve of this message..
Show threadChuck MillerJun 3
@brad And now I've got an ABC classic stuck in my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re9Uon4fNNw
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire (Official Video)

YouTube
Show threadSolithaJun 3

@brad You said nothing?

Not even a whispered, "Where do I sign up?"

Show threadCondor Puma SerpienteJun 3
@solitha I was busy washing my hair
Show threadDerAsketJun 3

@brad

I guess that's what they thought in Russia 1917/1918 too.

Show threadRupert V/6d ago
@DerAsket @brad Right up to the War of Intervention?
Show threadAndy Gates5d ago
@DerAsket @brad The trick is to come for the money, not the head. Illionaires can even save themselves by donation!
Show threadlp0 on fire 5d ago
@andygates @DerAsket @brad, … just so long as it's not to the likes of Refash or the frog-faced one.
Show threadAndy Gates5d ago
@lp0_on_fire @DerAsket @brad Take away their money and they gibber into the void.
Show threadmike morrisJun 3
@brad The French Revolution called to point out that it just ain't so... They kept on coming for the likes of me 'n' thee.
Show threadDisisdeguey🍉🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸Jun 3
@brad Happy ending story 😄
Show threadJordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO6d ago
@brad honestly I don't mind a millionaire, it's when people get over the 10mn mark that things get problematic...
Show threadAI Winter is Coming6d ago

@jmaris @brad

Depends on in which country you live... The amount of social security guaranteed and available comes in there.

Show threadRupert V/6d ago
@jmaris @brad $1 richer than me would be a great place to stop coming for people.
Show threadideogram6d ago
@brad
You're honestly a genius and I think with historical perspective Martin Niemöller would give you a hug.
Show threadExtra_Special_Carbon5d ago
@ideogram @brad That dude was a Nazi. As has been pointed out, they never stop coming for someone. That’s the point of his poem, but never forget who he was before they came for him, a loyal Nazi.
Show threadDavidM_yeg6d ago

@brad

Then they came for my neighbour and gave him a place to live and I rejoiced bc he had had none.
Then they came for the toddlers and gave them food and I rejoiced bc some of them were hungry.
Then they came for the young people and gave them free education and I rejoiced bc their futures matter.
Then they came for the old and the infirm and gave them free health care and I rejoiced.
Then they came for me in a dark moment and told me I matter too, and I believed them.

Show threadPointAtoPointB6d ago
@brad @DavidM_yeg ❤️
Show threadcognitively accessible math5d ago
@DavidM_yeg @brad I love this twist.
Show threadQuinn Norton4d ago
@DavidM_yeg @brad what mad socialism is this 😂
Show threadLayan🍉ayoub🇵🇸3d ago
@DavidM_yeg @brad We are waiting for a miracle to come and save us too, or at least to save my poor mother who is suffering so much🥺💔
Show threadoscarfalcon5d ago

@brad

Fuck Yeah!

Show threadmanubernat5d ago
@brad I don't know where you're from but, fun fact, in France (where I live) "they" will come for one in twenty people.
And by the way, if you eliminate enough people and redistribute wealth, everyone will be a millionnaire in the end.
That said, I understand your point and agree with you on the need for a better wealth sharing.
Show threadJacqueline5d ago

@brad

first, we got rid of the aristocracy
then, we celebrated, because the hard part is over and now we can actually get to work and solve problems

Show threadJacqueline5d ago

@brad

policy problems are easier to handle than class war problems

Show threadichbindiegute5d ago
@brad ♥️
Show threadStargeezer Smith4d ago
@brad
Priceless!