• Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip
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    1 hour ago

    I see people disagreeing that communism is the answer. Or asking specifics about what they want to tax.

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    4 hours ago

    Is this meme assuming that everyone who disagrees with you politically is poorer than you, and making fun of them for earning less? I feel like this is rooted in a misconception of “people get paid according to their intelligence” - and the reverse: “STUPID people who i disagree with deserve to have their labour exploited.”

    But I could be wrong…?

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      4 hours ago

      I think it’s about bootlickers who mistakenly associate themselves with the ultra rich who start crying when anyone suggests increasing taxes on the actually rich people.

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    5 hours ago

    Problem really is though parties promising money for the poor take it from the middle. Middle (or the left’s definition of rich here) starts at 60k. Election interviewers would specifically ask this. Well, this is apparently not the democratic will.

    I’m not saying the other “side” is better but this drives alot of people away from leftish parties.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 hours ago

      That’s not true. Harris said she wanted to tax incomes over $1,000,000/ year, not 60k. And add a wealth tax on people who had over $100,000,000 dollars.

      I’m sure many here would want those numbers lower, but no one is calling 60k rich here unless they are talking about another country.