Summing up the Gates haters
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Manipulating what people think and feel is certainly within the power of those with lots of money and it is certainly normal to have a big issue with it if you do not agree with whatever ideas are being distributed. But that is a different question than what to do about it in general. The only entity that can stop folks with lots of money is the government so you have to pick your poison.
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@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
The only entity that can stop folks with lots of money is the government so you have to pick your poison.
Impossible to stop the influence, when your hand is out taking their money to begin with. Or is it that a politician can take huge amounts of money and those with "lots of money" expect nothing in return?
Riiiiight.How can you say, "Manipulating what people think and feel is certainly within the power of those with lots of money and it is certainly normal to have a big issue with it if you do not agree with whatever ideas are being distributed."
That's not a problem, based upon what I'm trying to get across. It's not you I'm concerned about. But, give me your kids for several hours a day throughout the school year, and if you are the typical parent, you don't have a clue what's going on in your child's school, or where the money way in the background, comes from.
Blind faith. No thanks.
End result, those with billions influence and steer, politicians could stop it, but will not bite the hand that feeds them. It's not a left/right issue, it's Koch vs. Soros, the new Masters of the Universe vs. the Old School money like Gates. But in the end, there's nothing I can do about it. I've seen the results of Big Money in public education, as the State is always out of sufficient funding, so there are ample opportunities for the moneyed to step in quietly and take up some of the slack.
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@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
The only entity that can stop folks with lots of money is the government so you have to pick your poison.
Impossible to stop the influence, when your hand is out taking their money to begin with. Or is it that a politician can take huge amounts of money and those with "lots of money" expect nothing in return?
Riiiiight.How can you say, "Manipulating what people think and feel is certainly within the power of those with lots of money and it is certainly normal to have a big issue with it if you do not agree with whatever ideas are being distributed."
That's not a problem, based upon what I'm trying to get across. It's not you I'm concerned about. But, give me your kids for several hours a day throughout the school year, and if you are the typical parent, you don't have a clue what's going on in your child's school, or where the money way in the background, comes from.
Blind faith. No thanks.
End result, those with billions influence and steer, politicians could stop it, but will not bite the hand that feeds them. It's not a left/right issue, it's Koch vs. Soros, the new Masters of the Universe vs. the Old School money like Gates. But in the end, there's nothing I can do about it. I've seen the results of Big Money in public education, as the State is always out of sufficient funding, so there are ample opportunities for the moneyed to step in quietly and take up some of the slack.
@Rainman said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Impossible to stop the influence, when your hand is out taking their money to begin with. Or is it that a politician can take huge amounts of money and those with "lots of money" expect nothing in return?
So you agree that outsized “big money” influence is (1) not good and (2) hard to get away from. Let’s get working on boosting the marginal income tax rates for the very high brackets, institute a “wealth tax” on the ultra wealthy, boost support for the low income. Basically you want to support policies that reduce wealth inequality and reduce income inequality. That way you reduce “big money” and its power over the rest of society. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders have many good policy ideas along those lines. I hope you find something you like and support them.
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@Rainman said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Impossible to stop the influence, when your hand is out taking their money to begin with. Or is it that a politician can take huge amounts of money and those with "lots of money" expect nothing in return?
So you agree that outsized “big money” influence is (1) not good and (2) hard to get away from. Let’s get working on boosting the marginal income tax rates for the very high brackets, institute a “wealth tax” on the ultra wealthy, boost support for the low income. Basically you want to support policies that reduce wealth inequality and reduce income inequality. That way you reduce “big money” and its power over the rest of society. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders have many good policy ideas along those lines. I hope you find something you like and support them.
@Axtremus said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Rainman said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Impossible to stop the influence, when your hand is out taking their money to begin with. Or is it that a politician can take huge amounts of money and those with "lots of money" expect nothing in return?
So you agree that outsized “big money” influence is (1) not good and (2) hard to get away from. Let’s get working on boosting the marginal income tax rates for the very high brackets, institute a “wealth tax” on the ultra wealthy, boost support for the low income. Basically you want to support policies that reduce wealth inequality and reduce income inequality. That way you reduce “big money” and its power over the rest of society. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders have many good policy ideas along those lines. I hope you find something you like and support them.
That is stupid. Here are some facts for you:
- Half the people in this country don't pay any tax at all.
- If you confiscated 100% of the wealth of the "very high brackets" it would run the country for about a week.
- It would also put millions of people out of a job and collapse the economy.
- "Wealth inequality" and "income inequality" are dog whistles and nothing more. If you try to "equalize wealth and income" through taxation you WILL achieve it - no one will have any money. Everyone will be equally poor.
Spare us from the idiots who think like you do.
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Why would anybody bother micro-chipping people to track them? They do it for themselves every time they log onto Facebook to complain about it.
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They're also carrying their microchip in their pockets.
I don't understand the Gates hatred either. He walked away from Microsoft and dedicated his life and fortune to improving the human condition. The bastard.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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They're also carrying their microchip in their pockets.
I don't understand the Gates hatred either. He walked away from Microsoft and dedicated his life and fortune to improving the human condition. The bastard.
@Mik said in Summing up the Gates haters:
They're also carrying their microchip in their pockets.
I don't understand the Gates hatred either. He walked away from Microsoft and dedicated his life and fortune to improving the human condition. The bastard.
Let's just be thankful he isn't Jewish as well as everything else. They'd be howling at the freaking moon.
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My knee is the smartest part of my body and it is a very quick thinker. It seems to "jerk" from your slower frame of reference but its reactions are well-considered.
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They're also carrying their microchip in their pockets.
I don't understand the Gates hatred either. He walked away from Microsoft and dedicated his life and fortune to improving the human condition. The bastard.
@Mik said in Summing up the Gates haters:
They're also carrying their microchip in their pockets.
I don't understand the Gates hatred either. He walked away from Microsoft and dedicated his life and fortune to improving the human condition. The bastard.
For me not understanding Gates hatred is not understanding the nexus of whacked out people and rich people who could benefit from making stuff up.
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Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
Education is extremely important.
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Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
My wife's unfriended a handful of folks over the Gates crap. Aside from the COVID stuff they'd appear to be typical conservatives.
Please love yourself.
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Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
It's important, though, because otherwise you won't be able to make fun of the people making fun of the people who think Bill Gates is a lizard.
I was only joking
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@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
It's important, though, because otherwise you won't be able to make fun of the people making fun of the people who think Bill Gates is a lizard.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Link to video@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
It's important, though, because otherwise you won't be able to make fun of the people making fun of the people who think Bill Gates is a lizard.
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...and then I won't be able to make fun of the people making fun of the people making fun of the...oh, never mind.
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@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
My wife's unfriended a handful of folks over the Gates crap. Aside from the COVID stuff they'd appear to be typical conservatives.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
Gates hatred appears on my radar only inasmuch as it's something for people to make fun of. I find that lots of allegedly important ideas are like that. There is power in convincing people that they are smart because "look what all the dumb people in that other tribe think".
My wife's unfriended a handful of folks over the Gates crap. Aside from the COVID stuff they'd appear to be typical conservatives.
I might be more privileged and particular about the idea streams I associate with than typical conservatives. That could account for it.
