Them: “Gee things are getting bad… The last time the poor were this bad off heads started rolling… How did we avoid that? Ohh yeah! Concessions! What if we SAY we want to give them concessions, and then tell the government not to? That should work!”
-The wealthy leeches, enemies of humanity
I think it’s better to think of it like this:
How do you make your money? Do you need to make a wage? Or can you let your property (land, buildings, stocks, etc.) be your income?
The real amount doesn’t matter, it’s whether you have to work to live or not.
If you have to work, you are the working class. If you don’t, you are the owner/capitalist class. But your analysis is still somewhat correct: millionaires and small business owners are closer to the working class than billionaires, it does still matter how they make it though.
Exactly. It’s how you make your money, not how much you make.
No need, the Soviets made a river of natzi blood in the 40’s.
A well thought out response. You got me lol. One day I hope to live up to your intellectual standards.
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And what are you going to do about it? Be upset? That sounds like a waste of your time, emotions, and intelligence.
Like I said in another response, I’m sure what happened is mostly true, but the framing is for political purposes. It’s important to be critical of the purpose of an article (to inform? Or to influence?) so you can focus your energy on the politics that you have influence over.
I remember the article. And I’m not saying that didn’t happen, in fact I’m sure the Russian Oligarchs are siphoning tons from the Russian people.
But the fact remains, the article you shared is American propaganda being used to drum up support for more sanctions, or war, or some other purpose, which will just result in American Oligarchs sending Americans and/or their money to places they should never be. There is truth to the article, but the framing is for political purposes.
You want to support oppressed people? Great! You want to denounce a tyrant? Great! You see folks across the Atlantic rising up in revolution against oligarchs? Also great!
But being critical of how the media is presented can go a long way towards supporting the right causes, being upset about things that are worth being upset about, and making sure you don’t waste your energy pushing the agenda of some government which should be minding its own business.
And the working people always suffer, and will always suffer, as long as our representatives don’t represent us.
Good point. North east US.
And you are right they didn’t mention a storm, but that’s not my point. The article title clearly exacerbates the problem, and points the blame in a way that suggests the Russians are either too stupid or too poor to fix the problem. Why should any of us care about such a small thing for one? And two, what is their intention? It’s well known that NYtimes toes the state line when it comes to propaganda against American “enemies” .
Really the only thing useful from the article is:
“20,000 without heat in Russia due to infrastructure failure. Crews working to fix it.”
But then why would anyone care about that?
Lol. I wasn’t showing any support for anyone, just pointing out the clear goal of the article, and especially it’s headline. It’s important to check sources, especially when there is a news article pertaining to your geo-political enemies.
Wow, infrastructure breakdown left 20,000 without heat for a few days? That’s not news. A good storm in the northeast can knock the power system out for days here. Just more mindless propaganda trying to make you think a certain way.
I prefer to only read the top line of a meme then post. And no that’s not a Lemmy user, that’s squidward
I don’t think there is any data to back that up.
1st year econ says something supply demand curve something something price. But that’s not true in practice
Probably important to point this out: private property is not personal property.
E.g. An apartment building rented to tenants is the landlords private property. They have exclusive rights to the decisions, especially economic ones, regarding the building and the profits of the rent.
A car, book, house, pizza, are all your personal property so long as you don’t owe a lender anything for them.
So no private property might look like:
The people who live in an apartment building own the building collectively and have the full right therein, but the individual units are each their own personal property.
You might not, but the majority of people who know what neoliberalism is would.
You’re right, but the work doesn’t end at this election. There’s a long road of reforms or revolution required to move away from the conditions that made these two the only “options”. And your representatives aren’t going to do it for you.
Well, this is the internet so it’s pretty much impossible to make me upset. You’re just some Dingus on a keyboard, and I’m some other Dingus on a keyboard.
I’m very good at talking with my mouth full, thank you.
So do you support the agenda of Biden? Or maybe Trump? Maybe you are disappointed with the political landscape of your country and would like changes? Maybe I am giving you too much credit?
Back to the thread at hand: it is kind of insane that it may actually be possible to legally assassinate your political rivals without any legal reprecussions while leading any country isn’t it? And now that the cats out of the bag, doesn’t that worry you in the least?
Is it possible to have a hoa coup? I think that would be interesting… Tiny revolutions within hoa’s. So small no one cares. Eventually everything is clean, green and healthy before anyone notices. Kind of like when eBay changed its background slowly from yellowish to white.
Lol