How does a virus know a person is rich or not? The virus targets billionaires first and then millionaires. How does a virus know a person's net worth?
>>221209576They say good Sci-Fi allows one magic rule breaking conceit and then the whole story springs from that.
>>221209576Down with capitalism bros! Fight the corporations! Something about "individualism" and "collectivism" because it sounds smart!
>>221209576>be rich flu>should i hang out at a detroit mcdonald's >or the Hamptons
>>221209576goy cope: the film
Why do these billionaires keep making movies about how bad billionaires are god I hate billionaires we should make them wear yellow stars or something
>>221213505>Why do these billionaires keep making movies about how bad billionaires areBecause they know that normal people are impotent and can't do anything to stop them. Same reason the US lets Hollywood make so many "America bad" movies while China heavily censors their movies.
>>221213505if you jerk someone off they'll forget about how much they want to fuck you
>>221209576>vengful jealous leftist wish-fulfillment slopFucking lol."I-If those evil rich people died, I-I'd get to have all their money instead!"
>>221211308You forgot"neoliberalism," they love that word too. Bonus points if you throw in a "Thatcher" or "Reagan."
Anyone else wonder why it's always rich people who are criticised?I'm from the UK and while it's not even close to being purely merit based getting rich is definitely much fairer/equal opportunity and you get people from a whole range of backgrounds whereas stuff like journalism, film, acting is much more the domain of posh privileged people. Yet it's always these people who criticise the rich when they're as privileged as it gets.
I just don't get why leftists suddenly got it in their head that it's totally okay to judge people as a person based entirely off of their income-level. Isn't that just prejudice? Or even "classism"?
>>221209576>Colonel! How does a virus know a person is rich or not? The virus targets billionaires first and then millionaires. How does a virus know a person's net worth? Answer me!
>>221215845>whereas stuff like journalism, film, acting is much more the domain of posh privileged people.When you’re underfunding the arts for decades it creates an environment where only people with pre-existing wealth can stick around for years to build a career in a field where job opportunities are scarce, the pay is usually crap for most jobs (you don’t make tens of millions unless you’re a handful of A-list stars with any negotiation power and demand), there is endless job insecurity, etc. And as for journalism, basically same thing except you also have shift from print to digital media killing tons of local journalism jobs, funding is even more scarce so large news media companies keep cutting jobs especially on the local level, small newspapers shutdown because all ad revenue has gone digital, etc. so once again people with already established and successful careers or who have other wealth can work in the field.
>>221209576So what's the definition of "rich"?Middle and even lower-class people in Western countries are "rich" compared to like 75% of the planet's total population. So do they die too? Does literally everybody in the Western world except maybe literal crack-smoking hobos just die?And what about the people that are "rich" in non-Western countries but aren't "rich" at all by Western standards? Do they die too?
>>221215877You don’t become a millionaire/billionaire/trillionaire by being a good person. It isn’t about just working hard or meritocracy either. It’s largely through breaking laws, exploitation of your workers and using government subsidies that you build such wealth.
>>221215845>Yet it's always these people who criticise the richYou need to have a certain level of comfort in life to have deeper thoughts about societal issues.Low-SES shitheels trying to juggle their drug addiction and 6 kids don't have time to think about how to make society better, their lives are a whirlwind of immediate problems and gratifications.
>>221215958>You don’t become a millionaire/billionaire/trillionaire by being a good person.Oh, so you just kind of assume that? That's how you justify it to yourself?
>>221215958I'll give you billionaire and above but saying you can't be a millionaire through work is midwit core.
>>221215958>You don’t become a millionaire/billionaire/trillionaire by being a good person.Source: Your broke, delusional ass.
>>221215987No, it’s the truth. Unless you got rich via the lottery it’s way more likely that any type of wealth in the modern day is built on sketchy business practices, some level of exploitation or fucking people and other shit that you can’t achieve just by “working hard”.
>>221215999Keep that tongue brown, anon.
>>221209913You can also make your single broken rule a magic particle that can do a dozen things
>>221216027>If you don't mindlessly agree with my baseless delusions born of impotent jealousy, you're LITERALLY sticking your tongue in someone's rectumJealous poorfags are a real trip to talk to.
>>221215972Yeah I agree with all of that but it just leaves a bad taste when "rich person bad" is such a common theme. Like it's just privileged people shitting on those who've done something they could never do, meanwhile anyone with a few brain cells can go to a great uni and get a job at guardian or whatever if you have pushy parents, grammar school etc.>>221215958I'm legit a young millionaire from investing in crypto/stocks. For starters those are all totally different things, it's not remotely hard to hit £1 mil (if doing it at age 70 counts) whereas trillionaire is harder than becoming the president or winning a Nobel prize.Just having no morals or being privileged will not get you very far. The main thing is probably being able to think independently and come up with something no one has done before and/or execute this well, which sounds easy but it's not at all. Second is probably just working hard as fuck, I absolutely grinded/slummed it to have the money to invest in first place. Third probably resilience. Luck matters too of cours.To become a billionaire you def have to be extremely smart/resilient/hard working and able to handle tonnes of stress. Privilege helps of course but I know tonnes of people from $80k a year schools and they never accomplish anything close.
>>221215958>>221216024>You don't become "poor" in this modern and unprecedentedly prosperous age by being responsible, smart or a hard worker. It’s largely through drug-use, frivolous self-destructive spending, stupidity and lack of morals.I can do that too.
>>221216080>Like it's just privileged people shitting on those who've done something they could never doIt's fair critique and if you engaged with it instead of taking it personally, you would probably actually agree. You think it's a personal attack against you, but you're just a gambling jeet and have nothing to do with the objects of that critique.
>>221216080>I'm legit a young millionaire from investing in crypto/stocksSo no real merit, just luck through gambling and possibly investing early
>>221209576Rich people are evil unless they're George Soros or Bill Gates.
>>221216081>I’m a good person because I’m wealthy
>>221216113Elon Musk was also on that list until a few years ago when he wandered off the Ideological Plantation too, kek.
>>221216121
>>221216112>Guy makes way more money than you through smart stock-trading>"Th-Th-That's just luck, actually!!!..."
>>221216101Not really, I'm just fed up of hearing it and it's constant nowadays.>>221216112People say this about everyone who's got rich no matter how. Not sure if they actually believe it or it's just cope, although I do know luck played a part.I'm a medical doctor as well and can tell you for sure this was much easier and stuff like grammar/private schools, pushy parents, doctor parents etc are really common. Obviously you can't be dumb, but you don't have to be particularly bright either imo whereas you're just never getting to millionaire young without exceptional patients, resilience etc
>>221216121Nigger did you seriously just ignore the entire context of that argument?Let me break it down for you like you're literally retarded:>>221216081This was a facetious argument made using the same logic used in these posts:>>221215958>>221216024The same logic that they used in those posts to demonize rich people was instead used in >>221216081in the same way, except to demonize poor people instead.Do you follow along now?
>>221216080Bezos is a billionaire because he makes his employees piss in bottles and shit in bags in the name of efficiency and fires you if you fail to endure the inhuman working requirements like penalising taking a bathroom break. Elon Musk already had a wealthy family and for him, just his tech bro comrades, the way to conduct business is all about breaking shit and expecting to get away with it later because you’re wealthy, ignoring environmental regulations and safety concerns of your employees and building most of your wealth by government subsidies and contracts instead of being a real innovator. When one already has money it’s also exponentially easier to get wealthy than it is to raise from poverty. And with money comes connections and nepotism. You can attain certain level of wealth even today through work and decades but it’s ever shrinking pool of jobs that allows that to happen without requiring you to gamble, cheat or break laws to get there.
>>221216176>I'm just fed up of hearing itOh damn, maybe if you were actually rich you could afford a safe space where you could be safe from the scary journos.
>>221216101>It's fair critique No, "rich person bad" is not a "fair critique". It's a mindless, low-IQ narrative that doesn't """critique""" anything.
>>221216176>luck is easy Yeah when it happens to work for you
>>221213505Millionaires brainwashed the normies into thinking millionaire= good!Billionaire = heckin evil!
>>221216197>muh tech bros>muh government subsidies = "free money"OK, yes, it's becoming very clear that you're both financially illiterate and a graduate of the Reddit University of Dunning Kruger Retardation.
nooooo not the heckin CEOs!!! :(((
>>221216197Bro I already have a small loan of £1 mil. I think it's extremely unlikely I'll reach billionaire because it's just extremely hard to come up with a good original idea and execute it well, but it's fairly accessible to all. For example any first worlder could have done what MrBeast did or as an even more extreme example Bonnie Blue rage baiting/stirring people up but you actually had to think of it which is hard.>>221216209I was at £1k NW age 12, £10k age 16, £25k age 18 (when I started investing) and was the top student by far at school despite awful home life. Luck can get any random dumbass to £10k or potentially £100k NW but it won't last.
>>221216234very ironic post
>>221216112>Guy makes smart investments that pay off and make him rich>"Yeah well you just got lucky and picked the right stocks invest in!">Guy founds a restaurant that becomes popular & successful that makes him rich>"Yeah well you just got lucky and picked a good spot/time to open up a new restaurant!">Guy comes up with a neat little invention he sells that makes him rich>"Yeah well you just got lucky that it caught on!"Nigger you can rationalize ANYONE'S success to just "luck" when you're using reductivism to cope this fucking hard.
>>221216204Maybe if you lived in a Commie shithole you wouldn't have to live under the oppression of the "evil" rich people
>>221216034no that's capeshit-tier writing
>>2212162782 of those actually did something worthwhile, whereas you'll always be a little bit ashamed when people ask you how you made your fortune, in short, you're a parasite
>>221215958You losers are insufferable. Wealth is not zero-sum, the amount of people pulled out of abject poverty since the industrial revolution is astounding. Can you explain how people are being "exploited" by working for a company that pays them and provides services to people willing to buy their product? Do you have a job, sir?
>>221209576>rich flu>not affluenza
>>221216286
Interesting thread. I especially like how hard you guys try to make being a lickspittle look "cool".
>>221217013that's certainly a picture to have on your device
>>221217041Did you just presume to speak to me, poor?
>>221217051it's a discussion forum innit
>>221217067You are as PRESUMPTUOUS as you are POOR and IRISH. Tarnish not the majesty of my TOWER of HATS.
>>221217087upvoted
>>221217096I also had many hattes but did not today bringe them.
>>221215886>>221209576The virus detects all the shit spewing out of their vocal cords. The more shit coming out, the more virus is attracted
>>221217033>lickspittle
>>221217013Why are leftists so disgusting & gay on top of being so irrational and hate-filled?
>>221215845No one in the uk is “rich.”
>>221217177whatever happens you're not to blame, it's their fault you're such a twitchy little bender anon
>>221215988“Millionaire” today is bourgeoise of yesteryear. And yes, you need to commit crimes to become a millionaire in current year, because the avenues by which to achieve upward social mobility were made illegal by previous millionaires. Shit, elon musk’s fortune is due to there being no laws or regulations for online banking until after he created a successful online bank.
>>221216228It’s more that millionaire is the new middle class.
>>221216400>Wealth is not zero-sumNo one said it was. Every post in this thread that isn’t either autoerotic or salad tossing is about how the only way to achieve social mobility is to find a way to fire up cheat engine and adjust your bank account.
>>221217310People complaining about m/b/trillionaires generally DO believe wealth is a pie and when someone gets a bigger piece it means they have less. They never think about all the people that person employees and how wealth increases in general.
>>221217421>They never think about all the people that person employees
>>221217431Shit, a minor spelling mistake! Now my post is worthless and my skin has become brown!
>>221217208Not an argument, faggot.You're the ones talking about tonguing anuses and even posting pictures of it. Leftists are disgusting degenerates on top of being retarded.
>>221217471>Shit, a minor spelling mistake!Is not minor mistake, my son. Now yu must chose were to relase: beautiful clean sparkling toilet or...
winstead just seems like a sucker for these projects, as she did that show where the alt-right were actually alien brain eating ants that really liked “you might think” by the cars because their star sounded liked it.
>>221209576The virus is ON the money
>>221217421Anon if you need to lie cheat and steal to not be poor, that means wealth isn’t zero-sum. It means you need to exploit the system to get your personal money printer running. Then once you do, make it illegal so no one else can. And you need to make it illegal because if too many people do what you did, your wealth won’t be as… wealthyOh wait, inflation means wealth IS zero sum. Dang.
it's another spanish communist retardation film as the one from netflix about different floors. Just ignore this shit and don't give it publicity or they'll do an even more retarded sequel about it
>>221209576Joke's on them all my money is unrealized gains
>>221217541rich people never touch money unless they’re setting Benjamins on fire to light their cigars.
it’s funny how “defend rich people online” is a viable career is certain third world countries
>>221217549Here's the thing: you don't need to lie, cheat or steal to live a comfortable life. You are just a loser filled with jealousy. What is your job?
>>221217421> They never think about all the people that person employeesOn the contrary, more and more people think about jeet clickfarms every day
>>221215886>How does a virus know a person is rich or not?
>>221217232>you need to commit crimes to become a millionaire in current yearYou can easily become a millionaire within a decade by being a high-skilled professional. You can do it as a working-class person by owning your own business and having a solid strategy (and a bit of luck)A million dollars in 2026 is not exactly a ridiculous amount of money.
>>221217711>You can easily become a millionaire within a decade by being a [criminal]. You can do it as a working-class person by owning your own business and having a [criminal] strategy (and a bit of [crime])Yes i could easily just start an hvac bussiness in texas and overcharge everyone constantly.
>>221217597Did you notice how you moved goalposts from "rich" to "comfortable life?"
>>221217783Your life is already rich because God made you in his image
Your all poofta's
>>221217769>overcharge everyone constantlyOr you could charge a fair rate and be able to advertise your significantly lower prices than all of the competition to win all the business for yourselfBut let me guess, you're one of those people who think "well the parts for the AC unit only costs X dollars so obviously having it transported here and installed here should only cost X dollars"Or you could do any number of other businesses.
>>221217597>What is your job?i am to be working for the netflix marketing i make the threads about the netflix movies and shows and reply to myself until they hit bump limit with engagement bait that is a successful thread according to netflix marketing i make 94 rupee a week is very good job have air conditioning and clean street to shit
>>221217826The NY Mets are my favorite squadron!
>>221217812My hvac guy is honest. he's going to work the rest of his life. hvac chains directly tell their employees to overcharge, because that's the only real way to make money and 99% of people don't know enough to call bullshit.
>>221217826>i make 94 rupee a week is very good job have air conditioning and clean street to shit
>>221215845You're closer to the homeless than you are to the multimillionaires, billionaires, and trillionaires.The very fact you would consider yourself rich is a psyop the real rich people pulled on you.
>>221217826>94 rupee a weekSAAR DO NOT TO BE SAYING THAT MOST CLICKFARM PAY THAT THE MONTHLY NEXTFLIX WILL CUT WAGES
>>221217783Is living comfortably not good enough? What is your definition of "rich"? Do doctors and lawyers count? Engineers?
>>221217232>study hard and become a doctor/dentist/engineer/programmer>this makes you a criminal
>>221217879When we're talking about social stratification, agency, owning politicians, etc, equating "living comfortably" to "rich" is pure pilpul.
This thread is hilarious. I haven't actually read it but as I was just scrolling through it and reading every other word, I predicted>the one guy who is getting all the (You)s will be initially perceived as trans, but no doubt by the time I scroll to the bottom it will be another "alt right chuds" (Indians) screeching at "um I watch breadtube, I am a better person" (Indian).And voila, I was right.
>>221217893>study hard to become [an employee]>think you're rich
>>221217902is that thread in the room with you right now?
>>221217859If "the only real way to make money" is to "overcharge" then it's not overcharging, is it?If the total costs to making a burger (food, labour, electricity, gas, other business costs) is $10, then charging $12 for it isn't "overcharging"
>>221215946The top 1% own 50% of the wealth.The top 10% own 85% of the wealth.You are not in either. No one you know is in either bracket. Unless they take a helicopter to school everyday, have a personal chef on retainer, and own multiple properties abroad.
>>221217910see>>221217232>you need to commit crimes to become a millionaire
>>221217894>>221217910Do you need to be rich to be happy? Does other people being wealthy make you seethe uncontrollably? Do you believe the 1% doesn't pay their share of taxes? Oh wait, I know all your answers to those questions already.
>>221217421The more wealth rich people hoard the less the poor end up having and the economy suffers from it.Give a low income person hundred bucks, they will spend all of it on basic necessities and that feeds it into the economy. Give an already rich person hundred grand, they’re not going to spend that. Hell, they’re not going to even buy an extra macha latte at Starbucks, they’re more likely to just throw it to the stock market and then leverage the stocks for bank loans and only pay minimal interest.
>>221217939>if capitalism is inherently predatory then its not predatory innitgreat argument. i hope there's an eight year old in the thread who'd fall for it.
>>221217972You should look up what bourgeois actually means sometime.
>>221217984>wanting to be compensated for your work and risk is predatory because... IT JUST IS OKAY
>>221217979you need to be rich to have any real control over your life. being comfortable as a slave doesn't mean you're not a slave.
>>221217982>give a poor person one hundred bucks and they'll spend it on necessitiesThat is demonstrably not the case the vast majority of the time. You are economically illiterate. I will ask again, are you employed and if so what do you do?
the leftist, their gay
>>221218011anon i had one hvac guy come to my house and want to install a second heatpump and air handler. i then called my hvac guy and he identified the thermostat was bad.
>>221217939But it is when you raise prices and tell your customers “sorry, bro, it’s just inflation!” and then laugh your way to the bank because you’re actually making record profits instead of just covering your increased costs. Which is what places like McDonalds has been doing for several years
>>221218003>you need to commit crimes to become a millionaire>no you don't, there's plenty of professional jobs that allow you to become a millionaire without any criminal activity of any kind>FUCK YOU CAPITALISM EVIL
>>221218033did you have anal sex with him?
>>221218036Anon you'd save yourself the humiliation if you'd just look up with bourgeois actually means. There's a reason that term was used.
>>221217931Unless you're gonna prove you're White, I won't hear it and I won't respond to it.
>>221218013No, you don't. If your definition of being a slave is having a job with a boss then start your own company. You sound like you're mad because you don't control the world and thank fucking God for that.
>>221218036You'll be an adequate meat shield, anon, and no-one can ever take that away from you.
>>221218045you just did. and i'm so white my facial hair is a different color than my head hair.
>>221218045>Unless you're gonna prove you're White, I won't hear it
>>221218020So what are poor people going to spend a sudden extra $100, buddy? Drugs instead of buying a new pair of shoes or a coat they need, repairing something they couldn’t afford fixing before, maybe treat their family to some small luxury like a pizza?
>>221218051The definition of being a slave is being subject to the whims of the non-slave class.
>>221209576Its vector is wagyu beef
>>221218056>look saar, I just came back from the festival where we throw dye on each other or I guess light brown cow dung would do too
>>221218065>maybe treat their family to some small luxury like a pizza?>gas station pizza "deal" is 2 for $39.99
>>221216303and yet gundam has been going strong for almost 50 years
>>221218083>i'm not going to respond unless you're white>keeps responding
>>221215845>Anyone else wonder why it's always rich people who are criticised?Punching down is strictly forbidden. Only our betters are fit to criticise.
>>221218070No it's not you hyperbolic faggot. No matter how rich you are there will always be factors outside your control.
>>221218149>equating forces to peopleyou're just underlining the absurd class division of today. You equated rich people to forces of fucking nature, to natural disasters.
>>221218179Truly we live in a society. What a shame. If only you were king....
>>221218128>our betters
>>221218200>the rich aren't absurdly powerful>okay the rich are absurdly powerful but you're just jealousi thought only "muh left" argued this way.
>>221218109>he is so braindead he doesn't realize I tricked him into explicitly admitting he is IndianSo this is the power of "lickspittle browntongue" Indian left-politics experts.
>>221218243at least its real in your mind, person who keeps responding.
>personHe wanted to say saar, because he automatically genuflects to real Whites like me.
>>221218221Never claimed the rich weren't powerful. I did rightfully complain you're a sad, jealous man. Do you think they aren't also cogs in the machine? Feel free to go live as a hermit or better yet, kill yourself. Another option would be getting a job but we know that isn't in the cards.
>>221218243's been called a brown-tongued lickspittle before now. He (?) found it upsetting.
>>221218312>we knowAre you always such a moral coward?
>>221218312>I did rightfully complainsaaaaaaaaaaaar
>>221218314>the Indian takes the bait againI didn't make a single post ITT before >>221217902, but I knew if I pretended to be one of the "evil saars" whom you called your impotent leftist "insults", you would out yourself again.So just as I predicted, it really is just some brown on brown action in this thread and I exposed you both. Meanwhile, I am based and redpilled, so I "disagree" with both sides.>we should kill all the rich, but only if they are part of God's All Stars^Based & redpilled.
>>221218341Yeah...Trying just a *bit* too hard there, bruh.
>>221218341Anon you're making a fool of yourself and being laughed at. If you think this is epic puppetmatering you're just delusional as well as retarded.
>>221218349>bruhThat's "bro" spoken with an Indian accent btw.>>221218352>Anon you'reI don't care if both of the screeching Indian sides are now united against me, the last White man of /tv/. I've already won.
>>221218373>is still responding
>>221209913Who is "they"?Probably hack fraud shit tier writers
>>221209576>Be Elon Musk>Give away all my money to poor migrants and activists >They all die>Regenerate my wealth because I'm a hard worker and smartThere. I just beat Rich Flu.
>>221218426every single solitary piece of science fiction has something that is physically impossible at the core of the story/setting.
>>221217562Based.>>221209576>directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (The Platform).Kek. I suspected this.
>>221218455>I'm a hard worker and smart
>>221217979The answers to #1 and #3 are obviously yes to any honest person with basic common sense.Wealth disparity is a drain to society at large. It causes the so-called fertility crisis (actually an economic crisis) and freezes social mobility.
>>221219538but anon, reproduction can't be an economic issue because poor people (provided with free food) breed lots and rich people not so much!
>>221219538The answer to the first question is no, don't need to be a millionaire to be happy. Plenty of rich people are not I"d bet. And the answer to the last question is yes, they do pay taxes. Quite a lot, more than you ever will earn. The top 1% in thr U.S. pays 40% of all income tax. We have the most progressive tax system in the world and you commies still want to eat the rich. Ignorance and jealousy are all you have.
>>221215877i don’t care bootlicker
>>221220098Then why do you care if I’m classist against poor people?
>>221220062You're saying "happy" because its an unquantifiable subjective state.
>>221220277To quote the Warren Zevon song "My Shit's Fucked Up": rich folks suffer like the rest of us.
>>221220805warren zevon's suffering was from making a hit song that people wanted to hear and having to play it.also being a shitty musician.
>>221217982What is the difference between saving your money and hoarding your money?
>>221216024You should look at how much of the top 1% is dentists doctors and lawyers who are in good standing with their professional organization
>>221221478well, one is pointless and the other prints money.
>>221220062They should pay more because they keep getting tax cuts while they’re making more money in a day than most Americans have in savings. It’s absurd how much wealth the rich are gaining every year because they don’t even have to work, they can just take loans and that doesn’t get taxed also they never have ro pay. Trump didn’t pay any taxes for years. They’re actively cheating the tax system because they can afford people that help them hide it overseas.As income disparity gets worse everything gets shittier and shittiers for everyone else because the rich ultimately don’t even know where to put their money while people are homeless, starving and barely making enough to put bread on the table let alone afford putting their kids through school. It’s disgusting how much you suck up to the rich
>>221221512just suddenly hit me how brown it is to think of doctors and lawyers as "rich." its not like cochran retired after helping OJ get away with murder.
>>221209576you sound mad about it
>>221218065>So what are poor people going to spend a sudden extra $100, buddy? Drugsyes. they're poor for a reason.
>>221221624There are shelter for homeless people and food support programs for the poor, including most public schools feeding kids multiple times a day. Poor people in America are generally obese and have a better quality of life than billions of other people globally. Also they do not pay any taxes. You argue like a socialist, a woman or a socialist "woman". All emotions, vague statements without evidence. If 1% paying 40% isn't enough for you then move to a socialist country, I'm sure you'll love it.
>>221221624it really just shouldn't be possible to have so much money that interest alone can pay for your life
>>221221829why?
>>221221682The top 1%, 5%, 10%, they're not all George Soros or Elon Musk. They are doctors who have had a practice for over 10 years. They're independent distributors of soft drinks for a territory. They're people who inherited their car dealership from their dad who inherited it from his dad.
>>221209576>Spanish movie>all the rich people are played by English actors
>>221221847because that devalues currency for everyone else.
>>221221936In what way?
>>221221910Anon. Are you employing the age old tactic of pretending to not know what people are talking about?
>>221215958I see someone is using AOC's bartending education for their online talking points.Or just good bait.
>>221221936no it doesn't.
>>221221944its called inflation anon.
>>221221701the reason: they weren't born with money thanks to crimes of their ancestors.
>>221222044interest does not increase inflation. it decreases it.
>>221222058no, it's actually because they're stupid, lazy, addicts, mentally ill. i grew up around them, i know. if they inherited a pile of money they would lose it all in a year.
>>221222066>printing money does not increase inflationanon i thought only "muh left" played stupid like this.
>>221222127You're still spiritually poor anon. hate to break it to you. Its like how when people are fat for so long, and suddenly lose weight, you can still tell they used to be fat due to how the weight deformed their bones.
>>221222148your interest is not "printed." it comes from someone else that borrowed money from the bank.
>>221222167i said i grew up around the poor, not that i was poor.
>>221222297>cognitive dissonancethe reaction to painful truths.
>>221222318there is no dissonance. i simply went to school with the children of poor families without being from a poor family. what about my post pissed you off so much that you're doing this goofy shit to try and cause me "pain"?
>>221222148You are economically illiterate.
>>221221952No I am saying "the words you are using to describe reality are misrepresenting the situation"
>>221222372you're still one of them anon. you are still that poor kid. nothing has changed.
>>221222282it comes from the federal reserve.
>>221215958>It’s largely through breaking laws, exploitation of your workers and using government subsidies that you build such wealth.actually its mostly nepotism nowadays, you are either born rich or know enough rich people
>>221222536What you're doing is lumping in employees/slaves with the elite, likely because they got you thinking you were one of them.
Remember occupy Wallstreet?
>>221222580Why is it possible to be in the top 1% of income while being a slave? Shouldn't all the Top 1% be in the elite?
>>221222658yep, being completely disingenuous. You are able to understand 1% of 8 billion is still 80 million, right?
>>221221721>Also they do not pay any taxes. Because they don’t have any fucking money!
>>221216154>smart stock tradingYou're a fucking retard
>>221222703Do you think UBI instead of the fairly generous benefits America provides to low income families would be better?Or do you just think a wealth tax (which has backfired in every country that's tried it) is the only answer? Tear the whole system down perhaps? You provide no real solutions, just childish whining that the world isn't fair.
>>221216154Stock trading is just gambling unless you’re insider trading which is illegal.
>>221222658top 1% in canada is like 200k per year. people believe the 1% are billionaires, but half of 1st world countries are slaves.
>>221222771>fairly generous benefits America provides to low income families>generous>AmericaYou literally have states in America making it as hard as possible to get apply, let alone receive any benefits from the government even when you are eligible for them.
>>221222799Thats the point. The 1% isn't mostly billionaires. It's mostly just white collar professionals who spent 8+ years in post secondary education
>>221222825The poorest states in America are as wealthy as the UK now.
>>221222684I thought you were talking about the top 1% of America. America is 342 million, so there would be 3.42 million people in the top 1%. You were talking about the global 1%? That would lower the income required to enter the top 1% massively.
>>221222872jesus its like its 2007 again, same old talking points over and over>th-theres employees in the 1% s-so the elites should be allowed to c-control all the wealth!exact same talking points for about 20 years now, despite the fact they convince no one.
>>221222971I didn't say anything about elites controlling all the wealth. I said that by definition if you are in the top 1% of income you should be an elite by definition. If you claim they are still slaves to the elite you are claiming they are slaves to themselves
>>221223029>pilpuljust give it a rest dude.
>>221219538Can you explain to me where you think the system is unfair?>Jeff Bezos creates company, starts by selling books out of his garage, he's raised by a single Mom, puts out a service people use and allows hundreds of thousands if not millions of people to have jobs that wouldn't otherwise exist>People like it, it becomes popular>Goes public, groups like Pensions, banks, private citizens, all want a piece of Amazon, there's a limited supply of stocks so they drive up the price and let all kinds of people get a little piece of something they consider to have a big future.>Since Bezos owned the company he created, his shares are valuable and he is the richest man on EarthThe previous richest man, Bill Gates, only reached that point by making billions more in value. Through standardizing operating systems globally, he allowed Japanese developers to sell software to Americans, for Germans to collaborate with Italy and South Korea, and this standardization allowed many businesses to become more productive, and survive where they otherwise would have died.
>>221223211B-but that's stealing or something!
>>221223211>In 1995, Jacklyn and Miguel gave Jeff a loan of $245,573 (equivalent to $518,900 in 2025) to start Amazon.comyeah he pulled himself up by his bootstraps
It checked wikipedia
>>221223442You could go to a bank and get a business loan for $250,000The friends and family round of investment seems pretty common
>>221223889>equating personal loans to bank loansyou're physically incapable of discussing anything in good faith
>>221224168You're acting as though Jeff Bezos was only able to start Amazon because his rich parents backed him, when the truth is you or I could get a business loan for $250,000 from the bank. The S&P 500 is full of companies who got bank financed loans as their primary source of starting capital
>>221224387>you're acting as if though [the truth] is true>socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionairespeople know why you defend your wageslavery anon. you accepted it and get upset when people imply you were a fool for doing so.
>>221224475I thought the latter half of the 20th century was a competition between Soviet Communism/Socialism and American Capitalism. This economic military, scientific and cultural conflict was known as the Cold War.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed in the early 1990s, leaving the United States of America as the victor.
>>221224524and right now, its communism for me, not for thee, as apparently the global economy can't function unless its driven by an infinitely reproducible resource.
>>221218478Name 12
>>221213505Why do people keep trying to shoot Trump or Charlie Kirk instead of shooting billionaires?
>>221215972Why is it the people who want to make our lives better try to avoid having to do what they say makes lives better?Martha's Vineyard loves refugees until a planeload of refugees show up at their door. They encourage welfare programs that they wouldn't want their kids to take advantage of. They encourage lifestyles they would never want their kids to take part in
>>221215937Underfunding relative to what?It seems like people will always justify how we should spend more on theater or the arts but it's never specific
>>221216316He's not advocating for a larger state that parasites productive people.
