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kpete

(71,994 posts) Fri Mar 15, 2024, 11:59 AM Mar 15

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Wow. UAW President Shawn Fain isn't mincing words. [View all]

“People just don’t want to work…I agree…The people I’m talking about are the Wall Street Freeloaders: The Masters of Passive Income.”

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Wow. UAW President Shawn Fain isn't mincing words. [View all] kpete Mar 15 OP

Take that 40-hour week defenders! redqueen Mar 15 #1

Plenty of those right here. ret5hd Mar 15 #2

Honestly no idea how that's possible redqueen Mar 15 #3

here: ret5hd Mar 15 #4

WTAF??? niyad Mar 15 #7

They do it all over Europe. And I think they have a better standard of living than we do Maraya1969 Mar 15 #15

Sorry. I was referring to all the negative, gasping, pearl-clutching comments niyad Mar 15 #17

Oh------Got it Maraya1969 Mar 15 #25

To be fair, the comments disparaging Sanders and the thread in general Wednesdays Mar 15 #38

True. But they were. . .verbose. niyad Mar 15 #39

We've learned that there's a cohort of maybe 20 to 30 percent of the population littlemissmartypants Mar 15 #42

Some days I need a LOT of chocolate and wine! niyad Mar 15 #45

Excellent coping strategies! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 15 #47

Hmm... I can only see less than half of the replies. demmiblue Mar 15 #14

It's the usual crew Prairie Gates Mar 15 #18

I read that post yesterday, but never read the replies. Now that I have I've added a couple of people to my ignore list pecosbob Mar 15 #37

Happens to me a lot. littlemissmartypants Mar 15 #43

I resemble that remark I'm a capitalist parasite Warpy Mar 15 #21

dont forget some of the idle rich too. AllaN01Bear Mar 15 #5

Parasites... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 15 #6

On the average, these guys have increased their wealth by nearly 14 times since 2012. patphil Mar 15 #10

Once upon a time, our tax code discouraged hoarding and encouraged re-investing. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 15 #11

K&R mountain grammy Mar 15 #26

Need huge tax on the Paris Hilton multigraincracker Mar 15 #8

Of all the celebs and super -rich, you chose Paris Hilton? Why, exactly? niyad Mar 15 #19

If born to any middle or multigraincracker Mar 15 #22

Google Paris Hilton tax v estate tax. multigraincracker Mar 15 #29

How fascinating that you are using a trope from years ago, about a woman niyad Mar 15 #34

I did look on wikipedia.org. multigraincracker Mar 15 #41

Cherry picking ? There were quite a few other, more positive paragraphs. niyad Mar 15 #46

I am fascinated that you multigraincracker Mar 15 #48

Bravo! K&R jmbar2 Mar 15 #9

I prefer to frame it as: Initech Mar 15 #12

1) RW brainwashing; and 2) A generalized sense of futility and of being in survival mode peppertree Mar 15 #16

Yup. And like I keep saying on social media. Initech Mar 15 #27

Sad, but true. peppertree Mar 15 #31

I know, it's scary as hell to think about. Initech Mar 15 #33

No - but they do have two major RW news networks (which, in turn, own many newspapers and radio stations) peppertree Mar 15 #36

Too many basically have BlueMTexpat Mar 16 #52

BRAVO! Maraya1969 Mar 15 #13

Kickass LudwigPastorius Mar 15 #20

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Mar 15 #23

Those three families should be advocating for fairness Bluethroughu Mar 15 #24

K&R ck4829 Mar 15 #28

Boom................. turbinetree Mar 15 #30

Nailed i malaise Mar 15 #32

For what it's worth, we mostly broke up the zaibatsu in Japan after WWII. pecosbob Mar 15 #35

Brilliant speech and summation of where we are at in this country. llmart Mar 15 #40

Hear! Hear! Well done, Shawn Fain!! littlemissmartypants Mar 15 #44

I love how his name makes me think of Sinn Fin dflprincess Mar 15 #49

I fucking love this guy. Good on the UAW for recognizing his leadership skills! n/t D23MIURG23 Mar 15 #50

K&R Blue Owl Mar 15 #51

Retired GM here yankee87 Mar 16 #53

Powerful! NYC2ATL Mar 17 #54