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.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I agree. People generally don’t want to take responsibility for their situation, so they look for someone to blame. That’s not to say there aren’t wealthy people who could make the world better by making better choices - but writing someone off just because they’re rich is as flawed as assuming someone is a criminal because they’re black.

    Slogans like “eat the rich” are what you’d call thought-terminating clichés - a form of loaded language that often passes as folk wisdom but really just shuts down discussion. It’s a way to resolve cognitive dissonance with a slogan instead of an argument.

    If I wanted to be charitable, I’d note that by “rich” they often mean billionaires, in which case there’s at least a case to be made. But I’ve seen too many people lump millionaires into that same category, so I no longer extend that charity.