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They've always been handed everything, so they lack any useful survival skills, and they would definitely perish in the desert.
So I say it's a great idea.
That's not capitalism, lol. Modern life has left the majority of people without any real survival skills.
Yes, but the ones who haven't even had to develop modern skills are especially screwed. Don't miss the point just because you want to be pedantic.
There's nothing pedantic about it. The comment makes no sense.
What fantasy land are you living in where working class individuals are learning survival skills? What the fuck is even a modern skill?
I'm well off and spend thousands of hours being a mechanic for fun. You think someone with less time and resources than me can fix their car better because they had to figure it out to get to work a few times?
You think some random dude working two jobs is going to be better prepared than a guy with the time to have a dedicated hobby?
I can honestly say that being poor forced me to learn how to survive under adverse circumstances. Rich people lack even that. They're completely useless to themselves and to society.
What a snide fucking remark brimful of ignorance. I never even mentioned capitalism, yet here you are to defend it. Bootlicker or capitalist?
Edit: Dude bought a car for 35k. Rich person detected, opinion discarded.
You think buying a car for 35k makes me rich? You do realize that even middle class people are just as much a few missed paychecks away from being homeless just as much as you are?
Actual rich people make so much money they've never worked a day in their life, and they most definitely want us distracted fighting eachother instead of thinking about how they assfuck us ever day with this fucked up system.
Edit: Just to drive my point home. I grew up poor as dirt with a single mother, and eventually a drunk violent asshat step father. The only reason I have any money at all is bcz I went to university and have a decent job now.
Scales of relevance here, further societal complexity opens new doors to different forms of poverty, hidden by structural differences
Oh, you're one of those rich people who think you "worked hard" for it or "deserve" it. Even worse than I thought. Blocked.
What does that even mean? Why are you mad at people who work just like you. I didn't say anything about working hard for it and deserving to have what I have.
We should both be pissed at the jackass billionaires that own everything, not the people getting by just like you. My struggles may be different than yours, but that doesn't mean I don't understand what being poor means.
I think you're speaking to a young person who has a lot of heart, just misplaced. The lower class and middle class are much closer together than they realize. You handled yourself well.
Complaining about the rich does not mean people that pay 35k for a car. This is exactly the type of attitude that keeps us proletarians stuck in the mud. A person that makes 100k a year and a person that makes zero a year are in the same class. There are the workers, and the rich capitalists. A doctor or lawyer who can buy a nice car is not 'the rich'.
Another rich person defender? Damn, we poors don't need your help. We'll just take what we need from you lot. Blocked.
With every reddit-tier account I block, my experience on Lemmy keeps getting better
What exactly is the cutoff for 'rich' to you? How much per person per year?
Oh look, another rich person defender who can't help but reply, what a shocker
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Weird. I don't remember defending anything...
Some people would rather keep digging the hole than apologize.
And into Bitcoin, too! Cryptobro detected, opinion discarded
I'm literally talking about how Bitcoin sucks. You can't read.
The whole meme is about capitalism my guy XD
XXXD you don't say well :P maybe you LOL could have replied LMAO to the post OwO itself instead of jajaja replying to me with XD sheer ignorance
Reading through people's comment history and judging them based on it is super toxic. Let's leave that behavior on previous platforms? Also, $35k for a new car is unfortunately lower than average ($46k). I wouldn't call anyone rich merely because they bought a modest car.
Thanks for outing yourself as well. Blocked.
Your blanket opinion of "rich people" is naive and reductionist. There are plenty of smart and capable rich people. They also have the resources to actually go out and train in hobbies, which commonly include survival shit. I'm sure whatever bullshit survivalist skills you are trying to be vague about are pale in comparison to a rich person with time and resources.
rich "people"
Ratio'ed.