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[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But you don't need a scapegoat. The problem is literally the billionaires. You only need a scapegoat to justify white supremacist hierarchy building.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

But you don’t need a scapegoat. The problem is literally the billionaires.

Talk about whiplash. You really think the SOLE cause of the problems are down to tens of individuals?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or are the billionaires the scapegoat caused by a system we helped create? They lobby and use greed to get where they have gotten but we enable all of it. If we believe capitalism is beneficial to society we have to accept regulations to keep the money flowing back down. EVERY person that votes against such should be afraid for their lives at every moment period. If they are not it is our failure, not theirs. The lives of the majority are suffering not because Elon Musk is a douche, but because we created a system a douche could take advantage of.

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

The flaw in your argument is that “we” the majority did not make the system