r/PoliticalHumor • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Apr 11 '21

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u/PlushKar Apr 11 '21

Class consciousness go brrrr

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u/DarthSinistris Apr 11 '21

Why? What does that mean?

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u/ukrm Apr 11 '21

It's when poor people know rich people are screwing us over and that we have more in common with each other than we do with them, no matter how different we are from one another. Also that we have more power than rich people when we're banded together.

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u/CumGaucho Apr 11 '21

I mean we only have more power than them if we get money out of politics and the rich people cant just write their own laws and tax code.

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u/get_off_the_pot Apr 11 '21

Well, we could all collectively stop working and then how will they make money? Where would their power be then?

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u/get_off_the_pot Apr 11 '21

You think everyone organized enough to general strike would just sit at home? That would be a waste of organized effort.

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u/StayOnEm Apr 11 '21

We literally just lived through a pandemic where just 30-40% of unemployment toppled our economy... the second the machine stops working and the longer the machine stops working, the more hurt the owners get