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Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge::Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $28 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break.

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[-] xhieron@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Your solution to rampant economic inequality is ... campaign and vote downballot.

I mean, sure, that's a great idea, but your argument essentially boils down to combating apathy (which isn't a new or unique problem), and I guess attacking a hypothetical Sanders administration that never happened because--I dunno, you just wanted to get a jab in at voters who were actually motivated about a candidate for once in a lifetime? Well, good news for you; all the Sanders supporters are back to voting defensively until their kids grow up, if they vote at all. Does that feel like a win to you?

People aren't "taking the easy way out" by not voting the entire ballot. In fact, split-ticket voting is down historically, at least as of 2020, across both parties. Blaming people for not devoting their lives to political activism is akin to blaming minimum wage workers for not walking out: Yeah, maybe things would be better if they did, but people have to survive. Choosing to use what little spare time one has with family instead of participating in local politics isn't a moral failure, and it's not the easy way out. It's just rational. People have limited time and limited means, and there are more important things than who gets to be the constable next year.

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thanks for reiterating why there are no revolts or even regular protests

Because, when faced with the actual solution that is already demonstrably effective, you:

  1. Complain you didn't get a nonsensical magic solution.
  2. Say you are busy and people should be ashamed of calling things out

But hey. I'm sure you'll make time to bring food to a striking workforce or bust a cop in the face after you get pepper sprayed and shot at. Just so long as it isn't a new episode of young Sheldon

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