this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
896 points (99.9% liked)

196

16449 readers
2194 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The Democracy of the founding fathers was Greek Democracy, predicated upon a slave society, and restricted to only the elite. This is the society we live in today, even with our reforms towards direct representation. The system is inherently biased towards the election of elites and against the representation of the masses. Hamilton called it “faction” when the working class got together and demanded better conditions, and mechanisms were built in (which still exist to this day) that serve to ensure the continued dominance of the elite over the masses. The suffering of the many is intentional. The opulence of the wealthy is also. This is the intended outcome.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] milady@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I reading this correctly by interpreting this as "Poor people should die because in nature the weak die ?".

Also, you know that's a point of view that automatically places yourself in the strong, right ? Like, you're not going to place yourself as a "weak" individual. You think you'll "oppress" the weaker than you, and succeed. Were you not raised with empathy ?

Imagine this. You're working at some firm, you make quite a bit of money, your significant other is waiting at your home every day and you love each other tenderly. You even have kids.

One day, they all get in a car crash (not unlikely at all, is it?) and die. All of them. You are alone. The thoughts, the pain, the wanting to kill yourself, the anger, you can't cope. You're a mess. Your whole family, gone. You break down doing minor tasks. You can't work.

Because of that, you get fired. You're without a job now, and you just want to kill yourself but you don't. You tell yourself you're weak. Without a job, how will you pay for the family house ? You sell your car. Life is spiraling down faster and faster and you can't seem to make the pain stop. You're homeless, jobless. Nothing makes sense anymore. You've come to terms with their death, but how do you even get back after going so low ?

Now, you would tell me, face to face, that you deserve to die for being weak.

[–] kleenbhole@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

No such thing as "deserve". You get what you can.

Also, yeah man, every weak animal gets preyed upon. It's not a tragedy. I say grind up the homeless and feed them to vegans.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're basically saying life's tough, not that the weak deserve to perish. You absolute weirdo.

[–] milady@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not the one following other people's comment history 🤨 creep

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Dafuq you on about?