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angrychair

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Tue Dec 10, 2024, 11:14 AM Tuesday

Just Sit There Passively [View all]

And don't get too angry at CEOs and billionaires and millionaires when they keep grinding you into the dust and they keep getting wealthier. It's a lot easier to take that type of position when you are ridiculously wealthy and/or a political elite living a life of privilege.
Billionaires and millionaires never have to worry about being denied healthcare. Or going broke because of medical bills.
Or having your neighborhood poisoned with forever chemicals. Or only eating heavily processed cheap food using ingredients banned anywhere else in the world because that's all you can afford.
Those moral choices are easier when you are on the right side of income disparity and you never have any concerns and your voice is always heard.

I don't care what they say or do, billionaires and robber baron CEOs are not our friends. While I personally have no been pushed past my point of no return, I'm cognizant that some are being pushed way paste their breaking point. While I don't endorse violence, I understand the frustration and sense of hopelessness in these situations. Im not losing any sleep over it.

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Just Sit There Passively [View all] angrychair Tuesday OP
It's a weird and perverse bit of poetry that the 'leaders' who say they will get tough on our Asian trading partners Attilatheblond Tuesday #1
I have seen this directly affecting my children. FirstLight Tuesday #23
It's been a class war all along. The race thing has always been a distraction so the rich can keep winning. Attilatheblond Tuesday #28
As Bernie said, you don't have freedom if you don't have MadameButterfly Yesterday #55
No worries, Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #60
Hear, hear! SalamanderSleeps Tuesday #36
But most of the people who are mad as hell and can't take it anymore MadameButterfly Yesterday #56
Rich kid Luigi M never had to worry about healthcare either. Hell, his family profited from nursing homes. Silent Type Tuesday #2
Guilt is a powerful motivator nt Bobstandard Tuesday #12
It looks like he was denied treatment Tweedy Tuesday #22
Looks like he had treatment to me, his xrays show pins in his spine. Those don't always produce pain-free results, Silent Type Tuesday #26
Maybe ? Tweedy Tuesday #30
"Maybe he met others...." TommyT139 Tuesday #32
And maybe he is just like the unibomber or Timothy McVeigh, found a rationale to shoot someone in the back. Silent Type Tuesday #33
I'm sure he got the best care LeftInTX Tuesday #47
He needed to read Dr. John Sarnos books MadameButterfly Yesterday #54
He has spondylolisthesis. (Slipped vertrebrae) He was on reddit and said his surgery was a success. LeftInTX Yesterday #57
Even single-digit millionaires aren't safe from losing everything to healthcare bills. dawg Tuesday #3
Their own healthcare bills..or their loved ones' healthcare bills...or their loved ones' job losses... lostnfound Tuesday #27
False Dichotomy TheProle Tuesday #4
Is your level of miscomprehension truly so deep or are you merely pretending to not understand Maru Kitteh Tuesday #7
I comprehended it just fine TheProle Tuesday #9
Tone: direct and to the point Bobstandard Tuesday #14
Step off. dchill Tuesday #16
LOL! TheProle Tuesday #17
You're trying to use reason against opinion. Always futile. Bonx Tuesday #24
Some people only hear 1 note Keepthesoulalive Tuesday #13
This is exactly right angrychair Tuesday #19
No such claim was made Cirsium Tuesday #34
THANK YOU Skittles Yesterday #53
Well said. brush Tuesday #5
I wish I could share your post on Bluesky right now! Looking forward to Maru Kitteh Tuesday #6
You can share it now on Bluesky. Just cut and paste the OP url into a Bluesky post you make Celerity Tuesday #8
Hey thanks Celerity! Maru Kitteh Tuesday #10
YW! Celerity Tuesday #11
A practical Linda ladeewolf Tuesday #15
Smile. KPN Tuesday #18
You don't Linda ladeewolf Tuesday #41
I never use the sodium (ie., "flavor") packages, but other than that, what you niyad Tuesday #20
Also peachpit24 18 hrs ago #59
I'll make homemade spaghetti sauce or stew canuckledragger Tuesday #48
Violence should be the last resort. exoskeleton Tuesday #21
Tacit approval noted Bonx Tuesday #25
No angrychair Tuesday #38
"I understand the frustration and sense of hopelessness in these situations." SunImp Tuesday #29
"Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inevitable." eppur_se_muova Tuesday #31
THIS FirstLight Tuesday #37
"And until we can find politicians who won't sell out for a cut of those profits, we won't see change." OldBaldy1701E 19 hrs ago #58
They also don't have to dodge bullets from their promulgated gun violence. live love laugh Tuesday #35
Seen post say shooter is mentally ill Blue Full Moon Tuesday #39
I'm in discussion elsewhere with someone who claims the CEO was innocent. intheflow Tuesday #40
The CEOs business is legal Linda ladeewolf Tuesday #46
The CEO was being investigated for insider trading and fraud. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Autumn Tuesday #50
Ditto malaise Tuesday #42
Might be the only time I agree with you Malaise, but +1. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Tuesday #43
Get angry. Get high blood pressure. Get a heart attack.... LeftInTX Tuesday #44
Gotta love the bootlicking, shaftsucking shitestains supporting the CEO. Abuser apologists. Hellbound Hellhound Tuesday #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Tuesday #49
I hope it starts waking people up to who the real bad guys are. Initech Tuesday #51
People are pissed. People are scared. An administration getting ready to take over who are Autumn Tuesday #52
"We already have death panels. They're called insurance companies." Alan Grayson FL Evolve Dammit 17 hrs ago #61
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