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Why is it that every single person born between 1940 and 1965 (or making more than $1 million per year) just wants to see all freedoms erased and every natural
by chiffre01 1y ago
Why is it that every single person born between 1940 and 1965 (or making more than $1 million per year) just wants to see all freedoms erased and every natural resource exhausted for their personal comfort?
- c-linkage 1y agoBecause they already own those assets and don't want anyone else to have them. The perception of wealth is always relative so if I can't make any more to maintain my status I must ensure that others can't get what I have.
- cjbgkagh 1y agoNot sure if the causality there is the right way around, I would suggest that because they have these beliefs they are allowed to amass that wealth. Oracle is a CIA spin-off (1977), they even kept the code name. The CIA works closely with Mossad. The 'abolish all billionaires' plan is encouraged precisely because it will be ineffective - they're assets of the state secret police and good luck abolishing that.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> The 'abolish all billionaires' plan is encouraged precisely because it will be ineffective - they're assets of the state secret police Sorry, all billionaires are “assets of the state secret police”? So who calls the shots?
- cjbgkagh 1y ago[flagged]
- StephenSmith 1y agoLead poisoning.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoExtremely overlooked
- MrDarcy 1y agoMostly agree but your income number is a bit low. Suggest 3-5M per year and 20M net worth.
- vid 1y agoThis is deeply unfair. Plenty of people, including those responsible for more focus on environment and human rights, are in that age group. They are leaders and allies. Ageism is just another way divide society.
- chiffre01 1y agoYou are correct, I put income level in there too. We can't let Peter Thiel or Mark Zuckerberg off the hook either.
- YcYc10 1y agoYour edited comment is still ageist. >Why is it that every single person born between 1940 and 1965 (or making more than $1 million per year) Every single person in that age range?
- andsoitis 1y ago> I put income level in there too May I ask what your rationale was for picking $1m as the threshold? Hundreds of thousands of Americans make between $1m and $5m (another arbitrary range) and millions of Americans worth more than $1m.
- cmrdporcupine 1y agoAbsolutely correct, but also... there is something about having your early growing-up years be in the context of consistent 5-6% annual GDP growth rates and the rollout of interstates/highways, performance automobiles, massive urbanization and the development of giant suburbs with McMansions, two cars in every garage, etc. etc. ... to convince you that you deserve prosperity, that exponential growth, and exploding CO2 emitting energy use is the Natural Order Of Things. It so happens that in parts of North America this life experience is associated mostly with a certain set of of age/demographics.
- vid 1y agoThere are still plenty of people in that group who don't want performance vehicles, highways, McMansions &c. Not only are there people who didn't "benefit" from that environment, there are many people who chose to focus on the needs of the planet or others. A lot of this comes down to urban/suburban/rural divides. It's just really counterproductive to focus on these easy "majority" stats that break down on examination and contribute to the polarization of society.
- Palmik 1y agoPeople making a meager $1 million a year aren't in the same universe as Larry. For one, he has direct access to (and these days also likely direct influence over) some of the most important members of the legislative and executive branches of the government.