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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fight a class war, not a culture war.

And you, who thinks you are in the “upper class” by making 500k a year. You’re not, you are among the poor.

We fight the people who own billions, not you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

500k a year is a doctor or something. Someone who actually contributes to society. That's someone who should be rich because of how hard they worked to get there plus how important they are to our society. Elon musk shouldn't get paid a fucking dime.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean technically how they make that 500k matters. If it's all just being a landlord we are definitely fighting them too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

We'll burn that bridge when we get to it. Let's handle the people owning a thousand homes first. Then move on the ones who own a dozen or less.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'd disagree. Though I understand where you are coming from. I'm not saying behead the petty landlords first. However, often times the easiest way to fuel class consciousness is on these easier fights. Obviously a mom and pop single property landlord isn't making 500k a year I'm not talking about grandmas that have a property as their retirement savings.

But these small petty bourgeoisie (think the dude on tiktok telling people how to make passive income) of 10-100 tenants are often the ripe conditions for the creation of tenants unions which can fuel class consciousness. They lack the power of large capital and the power of state violence in the same way. I think material support to these areas absolutely helps the working class.

But we might just be disagreeing on definitions here.