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  • Facebones@reddthat.com
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    10 months ago

    Why is it people who hoard wealth and use that wealth to hoard more wealth by fucking as many people as possible always get this dismissive “eh of course they do shrug,” - but as soon as somebody finds wealth and is like “how can I do something useful with this” then uses that wealth to start a food bank and fund water/energy projects for needy communities we gotta spend our day breaking down how they’re evil and sus?

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      10 months ago

      Because people who get this rich do it by exploiting the poor. They aren’t going to turn around and be nice. People who get this rich start as absolute shit bags. They remain the same after.

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        10 months ago

        … that doesn’t answer the question they asked.

        Did you literally not even manage to read a whole one paragraph comment before responding?

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        10 months ago

        My brother in Christ he’s a fucking YouTuber. If you don’t want to be in a video, say no. 🤷

        Of course for all this screeching about exploitation I’d happily put down $50 that says you wouldn’t turn down a free car because you “don’t want to be exploited.”

        Go tell the people in the 21 counties of NC his food pantry travels to that they’re being exploited and see what they think of your hot take. Or are you one of those “feeding people robs them of their bootstraps” types?

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      10 months ago

      “Bad” rich people are dismissed because Lemmy users expect this behavior of them. What they don’t expect or believe in is someone genuinely using their wealth for good.

      “If God is all powerful, he cannot be all good. And if he is all good, then he cannot be all powerful”