• kepix@lemmy.world
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    50 minutes ago

    the bible is not enough anymore. we need a new god which is always watching us.

  • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    The Kochs used to be the biggest cancer in our society, but the Ellison’s have taken their spot

  • iocase@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    It blows my mind that like 30% of farmers in Arkansas went out of business last year and whats left will lose 40% this year… And they have all of that diesel and fertillizer just sitting there?

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      2 hours ago

      funny thing its also not being reported on the news so trumpers are likely wont notice anythings wrong. same goes with tourist areas, alot of those places must be closing or lost all thier business.

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

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      6 hours ago

      Please do not disparage those of us with obesity by comparing us to these fucks

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        As a medically morbidly obese guy, I have absolutely zero issues with invoking obesity as an apt technical description of the unhealthy and damaging consequences resultant of the tolerance of their existence.

        Those who qualify to be diagnosed as medically obese typically don’t have a readily available remedy for their condition, but the financially obese can legitimately be held solely responsible for their rehabilitation.

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          5 hours ago

          Okay, you don’t speak for all of us. People like me really don’t like it, and think it contributes harm.

          • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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            2 hours ago

            you are confusing unhealthy obesity of people, with financial obesity/bloat. they arnt even describing people at all. stop trying the “body positivity hting”

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            You don’t speak for all of us either, I was obese, I have since managed to (thanks to the wonders of being poor and having a physical job) lose a lot of the weight.

            I was not offended by someone calling what was once commonly known as a “Fat cat” (a rich person) financially obese, because it’s accurate and easily conveys the meaning and message, that these billionaires actively choose to keep hoarding money despite knowing that they couldn’t spend it in their lifetimes without buying countries (or islands ahem North Fox Island / LSJ)

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            4 hours ago

            My original post never even referred to you, unless you’re also morbidly wealthy.

            Manufacturing imaginary attacks similarly manifests harms to legitimate discourse.

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    “See, it’s different from the Chinese social credit system. That one is based upon doing things that are good for society. This one is around doing things that are good for shareholders/capitalism. That makes this one okay.”

  • BillCheddar@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    To paraphrase the philosopher Carmela Soprano, “You know, Larryy, it’s a multiple-choice thing with you. ‘Cause I can’t tell if you’re old-fashioned, you’re paranoid, or just a fucking asshole.”

  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 hours ago

    So basically if you’re cozy with the system they will protect you and if they decide they don’t like you anymore they just release the dirt.

    And don’t forget dirt includes things that are legal and consensual but might not look good like being poly or sexting.

    The more these evil cunts keep pushing it the more I’m driven towards the ludite ways. AI can’t stop fire, and it can’t stop people from going to the homes of CEOs with said fire.

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      9 hours ago

      Im convinced they already have the porn history on like every guy out there. Can you imagine what that could do?

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        Women’s porn histories would be worse: statistically, women are the ones who are way more into consensual non-consent (CNC aka “rape”) porn. Not that that’s widely available anymore, but analogues are around.

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      12 hours ago

      Epstein was an employee. He didn’t exactly buy a private island in the world’s most expensive area with his teaching salary.