• rah@hilariouschaos.com
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    3 days ago

    This is to be expected. You yourself are trying to manipulate society with your comment.

    What would be surprising is if billionaires didn’t attempt to manipulate society in their interests.

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      3 days ago

      Damn, I didn’t realize our comments on a random lemmy instance have the same power as Elon Musk’s billions.

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        3 days ago

        same power

        I didn’t comment on scale of impact, only intent. Please don’t put words in my mouth.

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      3 days ago

      Billionaires are allowed to live in society, I think it is fair however that we take issue that their attempts to bring about a violent right-wing ultra-nationalist revolution. It sort of feels like they’re taking free will a bit too far.

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        Allowed to live sure but I’d argue they shouldn’t be allowed to exist as billionaires.

        that kind of wealth is just immoral, unreasonable by the scale of human’s lifetime, and exploitative by nature.

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        3 days ago

        Billionaires are allowed to live in society

        No, they’re the ones who allow, not the ones who are allowed.

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          2 days ago

          At this point I have no idea what you’re trying to say with any of your comments. All of the words individually make sense and even the sentences are valid, but the end result don’t form into a coherent thought.

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            2 days ago

            To “allow” a thing means that some actor has the power to give or deny permission for the thing. There are no actors who have the power to deny permission for there to be billionaires in society. Indeed, billionaires are the category of actors who have more power to give or deny permission than any other category, particularly when it comes to how society is constituted.