• snooggums@midwest.social
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    10 months ago

    Imagine if the ultra rich just paid their taxes so this kind of situation could be guaranteed instead of on the whim of someone who made their fortune on the backs of others.

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      10 months ago

      To logical, we live in the age of unbridled emotion. I mean, think of Musks fanboys. You really want to hurt them by taking their god-kings money away? He needs that money to validate their worship.

      I agree with you btw

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        10 months ago

        If humanity makes it to the point where historians can really examine this time period, I can’t decide if they’ll call it the Age of Uncertainty, the Age of Untruth, or the Age of Emotional Derangement