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When the one percent starts to feel paranoid, Clay Cockrell is the first to hear about it. A therapist who specializes in treating the neuroses of the ultrawealthy, Cockrell says that many of his clients are in the privileged position of getting freaked out by eat-the-rich sentiments these days.

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[-] [email protected] 94 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

they’re genuinely trying to downplay what they have. It’s not just quiet — it’s silent. In an era of rising economic tension and class rage, a rich person’s privacy has become the ultimate commodity. They don’t want to be seen at the Chanel store.

For a long time here in the US, inequality has been treated as no big deal. "Oh, inequality is growing?," said the business leaders and economists, "Why should we care?"

This is why.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

When it boils over, the lesson it will teach society will be bloody and painful.

I doubt the lesson will be learned well.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

It is never learned, not because people are dumb and can’t remember, but new people take the places of both sides.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when Bruce Wayne was a millionaire?

And then a multimillionaire?

And then a billionaire?

[-] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago

They could always downsize their lives to be less exploitative and still live a life of leisure if they are that afraid for their safety, or better yet use their wealth to influence policies beneficial to the large majority of humans but they wont do either of those.

They just want to keep living the exact same way without consequences.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago

Good, fuck all y’all, I’ll see you in hell tomorrow if I can.

[-] [email protected] 56 points 3 weeks ago

There's quite a bit they can do to stop those sentiments if they truly are afraid of eat-the-rich rhetoric.

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago

In the immortal words of Good Charlotte:

They’re always complaining, always complaining. If money is such a problem, well they got mansions, think we should rob them.

Though ironically the Madden brothers ended up marrying rich.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To be fair they also said:

Talking on the phone, got an interview
With the Rolling Stone, they're saying,
"Now you're rich and now you're famous
Fake-ass girls all know your name and
'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'
Your first hit, aren't you ashamed?"
Of the life, of the life, of the life we're living

So at least they're self aware 😅

[-] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago

So funny to be in therapy telling your friend-for-hire that you are anxious and uncertain about what to do, because the idea of living modestly and giving to the needy is not even worthy of consideration to them.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

I'd be happy if they just didn't try to bleed the world dry for like a minute at least.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t call therapists “friends-for-hire.” It’s a lame insult to a serious and needed profession.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure if I should bring up the homeless vets with PTSD who'd love someone to talk to, for hire or not, qualified or not; or if I should make light of asking my own friend for hire about coping with the depression and anxiety of living in a world that the ultrawealthy have immiserated for their wealth.

The rich are worried about people hating them for being rich while everyone else is burning out from the stress of coping with living in situations that are literally depressing.

Maybe people don't need to feel better about it? Maybe the rich should be afraid and feel like shit? Maybe the poor should be angry and upset? Maybe people on the internet use humor to cope with difficult situations and being a wokescold finger-wagger about it is counterproductive?

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[-] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago

Even weirder to not be rich right now. Fuck them. They should feel it, greedy pigs.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago

i have a foolproof strategy to protect them. they should just broaden the target base by immersing themselves among other rich people.

and the most effective method would be making everybody else equally rich. bam. you're now only one potential target among eight billion.

my ted talk will be aired soon.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago

Make billionaires millionaires again.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Make millionaires thousandaires again.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

Well if all that money and resources are making you uncomfortable, I am willing to take them off your hands...

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

Having too much money is literally the easiest problem in the world to solve.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

They’re evil, selfish cunts though

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

They don't even realise!

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

They could do something about this, and yet they choose to continue hoarding that money.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

They have to keep hoarding more money to defend against everyone who doesn't like them for hoarding all that money!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Okay but, no, see, because stepping on the necks of peasants is their culture.

Maybe you could try fucking respecting another persons culture for once?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Utterly powerless to avoid these problems...so sad for them.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago

Article mentions "multimillionaire." That's not ultra rich. We gotta keep going y'all until billionaires starts making such comments.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on how many multis. If they are within a rounding up number, I'd say it still counts.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Multis still enable the billionaires, they’re essentially the actual middle class now so I’m glad they’re sweating

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

I am glad they are afraid, they should be but I also know what that means for us unfortunately

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. It means they'll try to keep us down even more by making us poorer and poorer, self-defeating tactic that it is. Eventually, it'll be like a bolt of lightning or an earthquake; the imbalance of power will hit a breaking point and it will equalize. Quickly and violently.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Unfortunately there is no guarantee the side of labor prevails. I recommend reading into the Weimar Republic if you can. Here are 2 youtubers who cover it well if you are interested. They aren't comprehensive if you do history as a profession but they are good.

The Betrayal of the German Revolution

Unfortunately Jonas Ceika has privatized his videos temporarily so I can't add that one but should they come back soon his are good too. Both are 3 part series!

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

Just FYI,

1% of US citizens have $10 million or more.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

It’s not like there’s a history of killing them to make a new status quo! Maybe they shouldn’t be greedy pieces of shit and fucking over everyone else? Leeches.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, shitting on their entire way of life. If tbey werent "greedy pieces of shit" they wouldn't even be rich!

Maybe you should have some fucking empathy. And also let them harvest your organs so they can have extras.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

They should be afraid. They should feel fear.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

They could always fix this by sharing the wealth

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Have him pass along this message to those poor scared 1%ers

Good. How's it feel to have others control your destiny? How's it feel to be scared? They love doing it to us...

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

It’s all from a place of selfishness for them I’m sure so there won’t be any meaningful change as a result of their fear. They deserve to feel this way but I wish it would lead to a positive outcome but they are shameless wretches so they’ll respond as we expect shameless wretches to

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Yea I'm not gonna feel bad for them

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

EAT THE RICH

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

... interact with people in a way that’s meaningful.

That's it. That's all you gotta do, you miserable little fuckers. Don't dedicate your life to making people sick and miserable, but rather spend it trying to enrich others (and yourself, as a side effect). Enjoy your days free of common worries and just exist alongside others from all walks of life. If you treat all people with dignity and respect, nobody's gonna line up to burn you at the stake. Well, except the fascists, but we just ignore them except for when they need to get punched.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I can't say I feel bad for them. I'm sure they have problems. But rich people problems always seem so petty when you compared them to the problems faced by people who are 24-7 stressed about whether their paycheck will cover their bills, or whether they are going to have a job if they say the wrong thing to their boss or a senior staff member. The trials that plague most of society are much more stressful than rich people problems. Just look at life expectations and you can see it. If some rich person wants to prove me wrong I will gladly let them switch places with me for a year and we can compare. Maybe I will learn something. And maybe they will understand the frame of their problems better..

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Good news though, Trump is absolutely destroying the dollar so soon we'll all need wheelbarrows to carry around our worthless piles of US dollars.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Boo fucking hoo

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