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In reply to the discussion: "You're goddamn right we want to take from the rich ..." [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)It stuffs people in to tidy little categories. One of the biggest proponents of classism are the ones who supposedly preach against it. "Woe is the Lower Class!" they wail, but they'll be damned if they ever allow the Lower Class to be anything other than Lower Class. They sure as Hell won't ever let the Lower Class rise to the Upper Class because then they would lose their congregation. Like preachers who only preach against sin to get you into church so they can stuff a collection plate in front of your face.
Where would the top of the pyramid sit if all the other bricks wandered off on their own? Nailing Jell-O to a wall, squeezing a balloon only to watch it bulge out elsewhere, herding cats; whatever analogy you prefer.
BE THE JELL-O BALLOON CAT!
Or not. I'm not here to tell people what to do but take advice from a friend: Never trade one master for another.