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[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meh, the connotation is still clear.

[–] frosch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How about we just airquote them? The „Elite“ sounds condescending enough imo

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Parasite works for me.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

I assumed we always were

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah trying to find the perfect words is counterproductive. We just need to eat the rich. We're not literally eating them but everybody knows what that means.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oligarchs.