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[-] [email protected] 78 points 2 years ago

They think the billionaires are strong-willed hard workers and the people who need help are lazy bottom feeders. There's no contradiction for them.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Billionaires are hard workers like middle managers are hard workers. They certainly do things during the day, and they earn a lot more money than the actual workers. But it has nothing to do with the value of their labour, and everything to do with their position.

Anyway, preaching to the choir, I know.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

What basic need will they invent for the billionaires?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Dominating and exploiting other people

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Most likely the basic need to exploit others for your own gain, no matter how much money you have it will never be satisfied

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

You're telling me Jeff "Three decisions a day" Bezos isn't a hard worker? Pshaw, next you'll be saying workers should own the means of production or some crazy shit.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Soon everybody can own the means of production. The rich plan on owning all the intellectual property to make the means actually produce anything.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Boomers: I'm so glad I'm retired and don't have to work anymore! 😁

Also boomers: No one wants to work anymore! 😠

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Billionaires are that guy that breaks an egg in his elbow and thinks he’s built different because of that.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I’m not sure there’s a person who really believes both of these. I think people who believe premise one actually believe this to be a generally true statement about people (or a generally true statement about some racial subset of people) rather than a statement about all people. This dovetails nicely with their love of billionaires due to them being “hard workers” because it shows the billionaire is somewhat unique and better than most people in that regard.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah the thought process goes:

  1. If you work hard, you'll succeed.
  2. Billionaires must have worked hard to become billionaires.
  3. Poor people must be lazy because if they worked hard they wouldn't be poor.
  4. Give a hard worker a billion dollars and they'll keep working, because they're a hard worker.
  5. Give a lazy person basic needs and why would they work again? They're lazy.
[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Go to Tijuana, Mexico, go to the shanty villages by new Amazon building. Ask them how they live their lives. You will be surprised how lazy people can be given everything for free.

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