Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

[Unkotare]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

Beware racists who post racist bullshit in every fucking post but insist nothing they say or do can be racist because of their race.

Those POS hypocrites are fucking nuts.

 

[ptbw forever]

Like Soros and Steyer and the Koch brothers.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

Yeah...watch out for those scary, scary people funding America and paying everybody’s way...those super positive contributing folks creating jobs are terrifying...Meanwhile, don’t walk alone in St Louis.

 

[BluesLegend]

Look fool without the rich you people would be fighting in the streets for scraps of food.

 

[edward37]

Look fool without the rich you people would be fighting in the streets for scraps of food.

I'd be more than happy to buy you lunch blues I don't want you fighting in the streets

 

[blackhawk]

Should we beware of all rich people who say they want to change the world or just those with an R next to their name?

 

[edward37]

Should we beware of all rich people who say they want to change the world or just those with an R next to their name?

Just those with the R ,,they are fos

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Should we beware of all rich people who say they want to change the world or just those with an R next to their name?

Democrats don't want to change the country, they want to "transform" the country. You don't know the difference? Neither do I, but when they say it, it's okay.

 

[BluesLegend]

Look fool without the rich you people would be fighting in the streets for scraps of food.

I'd be more than happy to buy you lunch blues I don't want you fighting in the streets

LOL I'll be in the woods in full cammo with my bugout bag setting booby-traps

 

[BluesLegend]

The liberal sheep were told to fear the 'rich' and they obeyed like sheeple.

 

[petro]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

True that. The pumping fist is the symbol of violence, thuggery, and oppression given to us by wonderful shitheads such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.

Anyone bearing that mark can shove both their pumping fist and whatever "revolution" BS they're peddling, right up their own ass.

The pumping fist should always be answered with the rising finger...

 

[blackhawk]

Should we beware of all rich people who say they want to change the world or just those with an R next to their name?

Just those with the R ,,they are fos

Sadly you probably really believe that.

 

[JGalt]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

True that. The pumping fist is the symbol of violence, thuggery, and oppression given to us by wonderful shitheads such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.

Anyone bearing that mark can shove both their pumping fist and whatever "revolution" BS they're peddling, right up their own ass.

The pumping fist should always be answered with the rising finger...View attachment 213748

....or free helicopter rides.

 

[edward37]

The liberal sheep were told to fear the 'rich' and they obeyed like sheeple.

Many of us Dems are wealthy and we didn't get that way from being stupid Gates Buffet are examples the CEO of Amazon too

 

[BluesLegend]

The liberal sheep were told to fear the 'rich' and they obeyed like sheeple.

Many of us Dems are wealthy and we didn't get that way from being stupid Gates Buffet are examples the CEO of Amazon too

Oh, a liberals suck at math example. Look bro if you took every last dollar the 'rich' earn it wouldn't fund the free shit Dem's promise you for 3 months. There's over 300 million people in the USA, how many 'rich' people are there? You mentioned 3 lmao!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The liberal sheep were told to fear the 'rich' and they obeyed like sheeple.

Many of us Dems are wealthy and we didn't get that way from being stupid Gates Buffet are examples the CEO of Amazon too

What you say is true. Most of the liberals I talk to here are either self-made wealthy, have their own business, work at home, or early retired.

Me? I'm the only truck driver here.

 

[petro]

Here was a rich person who promised to change the world...

 

[Godboy]

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

Beware poor people who think rich people are a problem.

 

[Avatar4321]

I’m already wary of Democrats.

 

[edward37]

The liberal sheep were told to fear the 'rich' and they obeyed like sheeple.

Many of us Dems are wealthy and we didn't get that way from being stupid Gates Buffet are examples the CEO of Amazon too

Oh, a liberals suck at math example. Look bro if you took every last dollar the 'rich' earn it wouldn't fund the free shit Dem's promise you for 3 months. There's over 300 million people in the USA, how many 'rich' people are there? You mentioned 3 lmao!

top 2%own how much of Americas wealth ?? 90%??