▲ 412 ▼ We might even bring back "The Sweating Sickness" that shit hasnt been around since 1551. Look THAT shit up (lemm.ee) submitted 1 year ago by TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (2 children) He was born rich, the worm only took a few IQ points off the top permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (4 children) I don't subscribe to the idea that wealth has anything to do with intelligence or lack thereof. Wealth is just an insulator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children) It does make you evil, though. A few million dollars is like the One Ring, whispering in your ear every minute of every day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) People like that, who almost universally profess Christian faith, should be attentive to the words of the early Church fathers on the intrinsically corrupting nature of wealth: "The rich are in possession of the goods of the poor, even if they have acquired them honestly or inherited them legally." — John Chrysostom "You are not making a gift of your possession to the poor person. You are handing over to him what is his." — Ambrose of Milan "The property of the wealthy holds them in chains [...] which shackle their courage and choke their faith and hamper their judgment and throttle their souls. They think of themselves as owners, whereas it is they rather who are owned: enslaved as they are to their own property, they are not the masters of their money but its slaves." —Cyprian And for a direct Bible passage, it's hard to be more succinct than James. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago That doesn't sound like 'Murican Jesus. Must be communism. /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'll need to take your word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Just get a loan from your father permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not IQ, but it certainly impacts empathy and perspective. Not to mention the influence of one's peer groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago IQ is the measure of whether someone is ready for preschool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I took it to mean wealth affected his humanity and the wormn finished the job. The iq lose was minor in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Insulation means one is not challenged. The brain and body learn from being challenged. If you haven't experienced difficulty first or second hand you haven't learned to relate to it. You literally cannot experience empathy on a meaningful level. It's part of the wealth disease. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) i believe heroin killed off some of his worms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago The system always finds equilibrium permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (4 children) I don't subscribe to the idea that wealth has anything to do with intelligence or lack thereof. Wealth is just an insulator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children) It does make you evil, though. A few million dollars is like the One Ring, whispering in your ear every minute of every day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) People like that, who almost universally profess Christian faith, should be attentive to the words of the early Church fathers on the intrinsically corrupting nature of wealth: "The rich are in possession of the goods of the poor, even if they have acquired them honestly or inherited them legally." — John Chrysostom "You are not making a gift of your possession to the poor person. You are handing over to him what is his." — Ambrose of Milan "The property of the wealthy holds them in chains [...] which shackle their courage and choke their faith and hamper their judgment and throttle their souls. They think of themselves as owners, whereas it is they rather who are owned: enslaved as they are to their own property, they are not the masters of their money but its slaves." —Cyprian And for a direct Bible passage, it's hard to be more succinct than James. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago That doesn't sound like 'Murican Jesus. Must be communism. /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'll need to take your word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Just get a loan from your father permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not IQ, but it certainly impacts empathy and perspective. Not to mention the influence of one's peer groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago IQ is the measure of whether someone is ready for preschool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I took it to mean wealth affected his humanity and the wormn finished the job. The iq lose was minor in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Insulation means one is not challenged. The brain and body learn from being challenged. If you haven't experienced difficulty first or second hand you haven't learned to relate to it. You literally cannot experience empathy on a meaningful level. It's part of the wealth disease. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children) It does make you evil, though. A few million dollars is like the One Ring, whispering in your ear every minute of every day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) People like that, who almost universally profess Christian faith, should be attentive to the words of the early Church fathers on the intrinsically corrupting nature of wealth: "The rich are in possession of the goods of the poor, even if they have acquired them honestly or inherited them legally." — John Chrysostom "You are not making a gift of your possession to the poor person. You are handing over to him what is his." — Ambrose of Milan "The property of the wealthy holds them in chains [...] which shackle their courage and choke their faith and hamper their judgment and throttle their souls. They think of themselves as owners, whereas it is they rather who are owned: enslaved as they are to their own property, they are not the masters of their money but its slaves." —Cyprian And for a direct Bible passage, it's hard to be more succinct than James. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago That doesn't sound like 'Murican Jesus. Must be communism. /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'll need to take your word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Just get a loan from your father permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) People like that, who almost universally profess Christian faith, should be attentive to the words of the early Church fathers on the intrinsically corrupting nature of wealth: "The rich are in possession of the goods of the poor, even if they have acquired them honestly or inherited them legally." — John Chrysostom "You are not making a gift of your possession to the poor person. You are handing over to him what is his." — Ambrose of Milan "The property of the wealthy holds them in chains [...] which shackle their courage and choke their faith and hamper their judgment and throttle their souls. They think of themselves as owners, whereas it is they rather who are owned: enslaved as they are to their own property, they are not the masters of their money but its slaves." —Cyprian And for a direct Bible passage, it's hard to be more succinct than James. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago That doesn't sound like 'Murican Jesus. Must be communism. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago That doesn't sound like 'Murican Jesus. Must be communism. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'll need to take your word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Just get a loan from your father permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Just get a loan from your father permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not IQ, but it certainly impacts empathy and perspective. Not to mention the influence of one's peer groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago IQ is the measure of whether someone is ready for preschool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago IQ is the measure of whether someone is ready for preschool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I took it to mean wealth affected his humanity and the wormn finished the job. The iq lose was minor in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Insulation means one is not challenged. The brain and body learn from being challenged. If you haven't experienced difficulty first or second hand you haven't learned to relate to it. You literally cannot experience empathy on a meaningful level. It's part of the wealth disease. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) i believe heroin killed off some of his worms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago The system always finds equilibrium permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago The system always finds equilibrium permalink fedilink source parent