I undergo a sort of existential crisis when I see things like this. I’m hit with all kinds of different emotions and feelings when I’m forced to confront the fact that some of these rich fucks genuinely truly believe the propaganda they receive about socialists. Among them are rubes so truly poisoned by propaganda that they think they need to flee the city to escape impending socialist executions or some shit.
It’s very difficult to accept that people with enormous wealth are this stupid. It makes me question reality in a way that’s very difficult to describe. Their interpretation of the world is genuinely like an alien thing.
They are stupid, but I think reactions like this from the wealthy are mostly to signal dissatisfaction to policy makers
It’s similar to when business owners complain that raising wages will force them to fire people. They’re used to getting deregulation by bitching about government oversight.
if the rent freezes, the projected value of property drops, forcing the overleveraged jokers to sell thus dereasing prices even further. They are getting ahead of the train
the logic is sound, if you are overleveraged dipshit who can’t take imagined wealth drop for 5 years
I’m glad they’re scared, but it is strange to witness in real time.
We’re not bringing out the Central Park Guillotine with this primary win, but they legit believe that they can’t safely live in New York anymore. Like they don’t have layers upon layers of social protections to insulate them from their consequences.
I mean it makes sense the way they regard homelessness, but to see them buying all of these lies wholeheartedly. To be that out of touch with reality.
I still see them as evil more than foolish, but damn what a waste of the time and resources at their disposal. What an utter lack of curiosity. They could’ve gotten the best education in the world to leverage their power in the most effortless ways, but they see a mayor winning a primary and they’re heading for the hills.
I justify it by telling myself that these people didn’t get rich themselves, they are rich because they had rich parents/grandparents. They are the failson generation, their parents knew the propaganda was to keep the poors in line, but they don’t.
I also reaffirm my belief in socialism when I see shit like this. This is the “cream of the crop” of capitalism, these people are who capital elevates to the top. The worst, dumbest, most entitled people you could imagine. There’s no way a system like that could survive forever. It’s still around because of societal inertia, but I honestly don’t know if capitalism as it currently exists will survive till the end of the century, the way things are going.
Something I have to remind myself of and becomes more true to me directly as time goes on is that many rich successful people are not fucking smart at all and that the veil of meritocracy that US culture promotes is purposeful to the point of hiding how not smart the rich are.
It’s a mind fuck because I can logically understand it… I already knew it. But my head does not want to believe it having been brought up with every single socially imprinted expectation being to the contrary.
And that’s not just a disbelief in rich people being stupid, because that’s an obvious given. But in the fact that they would be so deeply and utterly poisoned by propaganda that they would consider this mayor to be powerful enough to be a physical threat to them that they must run from… That’s the disbelief I’m struggling with here. Because it requires being incredibly detached from reality to think that. A level of detachment that is hard to imagine.
A part of it as well might be ease of “running” for them. For a regular person, uprooting your whole life and moving somewhere else is a huge affair, but for them, they just have to sell their apartment in NYC and stay in their holiday home in the Hamptons until they find a nice fancy place somewhere else to buy. None of the moving will be done by them, none of the actual stress and effort of moving affects them directly, so it probably isn’t as daunting to them as it would be to an ordinary person.
It’s very difficult to accept that people with enormous wealth are this stupid. It makes me question reality in a way that’s very difficult to describe. Their interpretation of the world is genuinely like an alien thing.
I think I’ve explained this once but a small time capitalist that is a friend of the family (they own a small factory) and these freaks genuinely believe governments should be run like corporations. It’s incredibly funny and sad how dumb these people are.
I thought it was about divesting from an area that will become less profitable. Leave before you get taxed, fined, or dispossessed. It happens all the time on a country level.
I undergo a sort of existential crisis when I see things like this. I’m hit with all kinds of different emotions and feelings when I’m forced to confront the fact that some of these rich fucks genuinely truly believe the propaganda they receive about socialists. Among them are rubes so truly poisoned by propaganda that they think they need to flee the city to escape impending socialist executions or some shit.
It’s very difficult to accept that people with enormous wealth are this stupid. It makes me question reality in a way that’s very difficult to describe. Their interpretation of the world is genuinely like an alien thing.
I mean, how many of them took a look at a fiberglass submarine controlled by a Logitech controller and went “yes this is a good idea”?
They are stupid, but I think reactions like this from the wealthy are mostly to signal dissatisfaction to policy makers
It’s similar to when business owners complain that raising wages will force them to fire people. They’re used to getting deregulation by bitching about government oversight.
if the rent freezes, the projected value of property drops, forcing the overleveraged jokers to sell thus dereasing prices even further. They are getting ahead of the train
the logic is sound, if you are overleveraged dipshit who can’t take imagined wealth drop for 5 years
I’m glad they’re scared, but it is strange to witness in real time.
We’re not bringing out the Central Park Guillotine with this primary win, but they legit believe that they can’t safely live in New York anymore. Like they don’t have layers upon layers of social protections to insulate them from their consequences.
I mean it makes sense the way they regard homelessness, but to see them buying all of these lies wholeheartedly. To be that out of touch with reality.
I still see them as evil more than foolish, but damn what a waste of the time and resources at their disposal. What an utter lack of curiosity. They could’ve gotten the best education in the world to leverage their power in the most effortless ways, but they see a mayor winning a primary and they’re heading for the hills.
This is a win, but still. Weird.
I justify it by telling myself that these people didn’t get rich themselves, they are rich because they had rich parents/grandparents. They are the failson generation, their parents knew the propaganda was to keep the poors in line, but they don’t.
I also reaffirm my belief in socialism when I see shit like this. This is the “cream of the crop” of capitalism, these people are who capital elevates to the top. The worst, dumbest, most entitled people you could imagine. There’s no way a system like that could survive forever. It’s still around because of societal inertia, but I honestly don’t know if capitalism as it currently exists will survive till the end of the century, the way things are going.
Something I have to remind myself of and becomes more true to me directly as time goes on is that many rich successful people are not fucking smart at all and that the veil of meritocracy that US culture promotes is purposeful to the point of hiding how not smart the rich are.
It’s a mind fuck because I can logically understand it… I already knew it. But my head does not want to believe it having been brought up with every single socially imprinted expectation being to the contrary.
And that’s not just a disbelief in rich people being stupid, because that’s an obvious given. But in the fact that they would be so deeply and utterly poisoned by propaganda that they would consider this mayor to be powerful enough to be a physical threat to them that they must run from… That’s the disbelief I’m struggling with here. Because it requires being incredibly detached from reality to think that. A level of detachment that is hard to imagine.
A part of it as well might be ease of “running” for them. For a regular person, uprooting your whole life and moving somewhere else is a huge affair, but for them, they just have to sell their apartment in NYC and stay in their holiday home in the Hamptons until they find a nice fancy place somewhere else to buy. None of the moving will be done by them, none of the actual stress and effort of moving affects them directly, so it probably isn’t as daunting to them as it would be to an ordinary person.
I think I’ve explained this once but a small time capitalist that is a friend of the family (they own a small factory) and these freaks genuinely believe governments should be run like corporations. It’s incredibly funny and sad how dumb these people are.
Fascism. They don’t realise they’re advocating for fascism but they are.
Mussolini brand even
I thought it was about divesting from an area that will become less profitable. Leave before you get taxed, fined, or dispossessed. It happens all the time on a country level.