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cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/177705


Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-05-02 10:43:07 AM | Source


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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 228 points 4 days ago (61 children)

We don't need AI rubbish for this, someone already made this one:

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Oops, I guess I was a little too spicy. I agree, we don’t need AI, and using the tools of billionaires instead of real art by human artists is at best misguided and at worst actively harming the people you purportedly want to help.

I don’t blame people for reposting it when they don’t realize it’s AI, it can be hard to tell.

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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Love that reddit watermark.

Be best OP

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago

Eh that's all on the mirror comm it's cross posted from

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 14 points 4 days ago

there's one African immigrant that should be blamed.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

No war but class war. All struggle is class struggle. Everything else is FUD and obfuscation.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

50501 is not an org to be trusted. It’s an arm of the establishment trying to brand itself as an activist group, and there’s tons of problematic reports coming out from their behavior already.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago

That's not actually true at all.

They pour all this contrived hatred on poor immigrants because immigrant labour is the cheapest - and most expendable - labour around. And by assigning blame onto poor immigrants they manufacture the necessary consent to sicc more and more state violence onto poor immigrants in order to keep this source of labour as cheap - and thoroughly terrorised - as possible.

That's why. It's so damn basic you can find all of it in the second book of the Old Testament.

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

To be incredibly pedantic (and I love being pedantic), this means that billionaires specifically are the problem, right?

What about medium/large business owners who are far from being billionaires, or small business owners who are trying to get their business off the ground, are they not also problematic given how they still exploit workers to the same degree (or even to a larger degree like small businesses, given how they enjoy a lot of discriminatory legal exemptions worldwide and have to cut labour costs in order to compete better) and are more likely than not to support reactionary rhetoric that divides the working classes further due to their class position?

If only there was a word to encompass all of them

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago

Capitalism? Sure billionaires aren't the only problem, but in a plutocracy they are a good place to start.

[–] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like calling people by their actions instead of any label. In this situation I would call them Wealth Hoarders. I think that covers the many labels of the rich on varying scales of wealth ownership without singling out any specific group.

I find the over use of labels to be a tool for distraction. It's easy to argue the definition of a label and ignore the actions that are actually happening. Describing a person's action leaves less room for debate and returns the focus back on shitty, unacceptable and unwanted behaviour.

As a nice bonus, describing shitty peoples actions and behaviours to them makes them visibly uncomfortable. At least from my experiences.

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"Wealth Hoarder" isn't the best term, given how it could also include decently affluent working class people who have a decent amount of savings. They technically hoard wealth for themselves albeit to a lesser extent, but are these people problematic/part of the problem?

Also, it was a rhetorical question, the answer is bourgeoisie (or capitalists if you don't want to use 19th century English). It's definition literally is the employers and people who own and run companies/factories, and rentiers who live off of rent (so landlords). Instead of describing an action, it does something better and describes their material position, what they have.

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