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In reply to the discussion: I don't know about you but I am getting sick of the wealthy in this country [View all]jmbar2
(8,135 posts)15. Obscenely wealthy people become emotionally stunted, at high risk for committing "Social Murder"
Social murder (German: sozialer Mord) is a concept used to describe an unnatural death that is believed to occur due to social, political, or economic oppression, instead of direct violence. Originally coined in 1845 by German philosopher Friedrich Engels, it has since been used by left-wing politicians, journalists, and activists to describe deaths attributed to larger social forces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder
Extreme wealth isolates people, and shields them from exposure to life outside of their bubbles.
They don't fill their gas tanks, shop for groceries, cook, raise their own children, maintain a house, garden, clean, wander around a fair or festival without a phalanx of guards, create household budgets, go to potlucks, help out a neighbor, comfort someone who has just been laid off, or injured on the job.
They have NONE of the life experiences or exposure that would help them care about, or even think about other human beings. Their spawn grow up in the same bubble and never leave.
Let them wallow inside their bubble, but NEVER give them power over other people's lives.
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I don't know about you but I am getting sick of the wealthy in this country [View all]
Stargazer99
Yesterday
OP
"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
sop
Yesterday
#1
Absolutely. And greed is a nasty addiction which is making people suffer . 🙁
Dave Bowman
13 hrs ago
#51
and when we've had our fill of the rich, we'll turn our appetites to the peasants - robespierre, paraphrased
TheProle
Yesterday
#25
The stock market is an elemental spirit, a hungry ghost captured and enslaved by capitalism's witch doctors
Ponietz
Yesterday
#12
Oh yes, I'm dripping with it but I couldn't find the emoji to attach to the post.
OGBuzz
Yesterday
#9
And recently the House Republicans proposed a Capital Gains tax cut to stimulate the economy because the extremely
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#8
A lot of MAGA, like prosperity gospel, is founded on the idea that you can join their ranks.
Ilikepurple
12 hrs ago
#54
70-some million people voted for him in 2026. Many millions are changing their minds.
Bluetus
6 hrs ago
#60
It looks like a few have it figured it out and used their critical thinking skills-congratulations
Stargazer99
Yesterday
#11
At my husband's office, he would talk to the custodians when they were in the office.
cksmithy
Yesterday
#30
Obscenely wealthy people become emotionally stunted, at high risk for committing "Social Murder"
jmbar2
Yesterday
#15
They prove the old adage "Money can't buy happiness". Maybe there should be a new one like: "Excessive wealth turns you
Fil1957
Yesterday
#16