I’m not including the government in this because they actually do intentionally cause suffering and just so happen to be rich by stealing all your tax payer dollars.
Both parties do this. (I had to give that disclaimer, now to my opinion)
I saw a post that said “eat the rich”, I still think it’s kind of funny, but only because how stupid it is. Like how is fighting the rich (regular people with money) going to fix your problem (regular people without money)? It won’t.
I’m not sure if it’s just a trend online or because people are angrier due to more stress from bills, yada yada. (Feel free to school me on this part)
I do know that if you picked 1000 rich people and weighed their usefulness and positive impact on society it would outweigh 100,000 nonrich people.
For instance rich people make businesses that hire people, those people can work. Good (if that’s what you care about)
Rich people get inventions produced and do research and development. Now you’re using technology some rich person created. They may not have even been rich before they created it. Getting wealth may have been a side effect of their success. Do you still “eat the rich”?
It’s foolish and clearly bitterness. I know you have evil demons like Gates running around who happens to be rich AND villainous. However I’ve seen many evil and unwealthy people. Basically I think you all need to look at things with a clearer lense and stop hating and try to build wealth or at least freedom from needing wealth.
I think “eat the rich” is also being used as a slogan by people who want to cut down neoliberalism, and for those it doesn’t necessarily mean they want to do literally that to the specific people who happen to be rich… The milder version is to leave the people as is, just redistribute some of their money and turn them from billionaires into millionaires, everyone would be alright and no beheadings needed. (And strictly speaking, the word “people” isn’t even in the sentence.) But it carries both meanings. And the more violent one is what people usually use it for.
But yes, fighting neoliberalism and having a smaller gap with how wealth is distributed, would solve a lot of issues. I think it’d be very nice if we (the people) had money and assets to build businesses, buy houses etc. Instead of most money being in control of a few select (tax-avoiding) mega-corporations (plus individuals), who use it to rip off people. And who also use it to influence politics and make society worse in the process. Won’t happen, though, if you ask me…