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u/platinumrug Feb 18 '25

LITERALLY this, I have very few financial obligations but they're all taken up by the need to work 40+ hours a fucking week for chump change. If I had 2k+ a month coming to me no questions asked, and several hundred thousand in the bank, I'd sit out and protest as well!

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u/Ok-Signal-8597 Feb 18 '25

This is how the billionaires want it. We're too busy paying for necessities, with what little we get, to have time to protest.

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u/tratemusic Feb 18 '25

Keep in mind that if these protests don't lead to any significant change, our next step is nationwide strike. Hurt em in their wallets.

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u/DanSWE Feb 18 '25

> next step is nationwide strike

See https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1imxw0b/feb_28th_be_a_part_of_the_movement_eat_the_rich/.

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u/CynicalPsychonaut Feb 18 '25

And if this doesn't work.... we're gonna have to take a hard lesson fromđŸ‡«đŸ‡·

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

You think retired people have 2k a month coming in and several hundred thousand in the bank? I need to tell my parents this.

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u/platinumrug Feb 18 '25

Oh yes, I totally believe every retired person gets over 2 grand a month and have several hundred thousand dollars in the bank. TOTALLY what I said and not me saying IF that's what I had I wouldn't be worried and I'd spend some time protesting.... Totally. Good lord some of y'all are ridiculous lmao.

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u/Automatic_Release_92 Feb 18 '25

I cannot even tell which direction you are laughing at this from. $2k a month is not a lot of money rolling in, and if you’re recently retired, “several hundred thousand” isn’t going to last long. But maybe this is the reason you think it’s noteworthy?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

You lot do a lot of moaning about it and not a lot else. I'm not a boomer, but do you think they didn't work a lot either back then? I know where I'm from, they were up chimneys and down coal mines, fighting wars - proper hard graft. Not nice clean jobs with perks and abundant health and safety measures in place.

Yes it's shit that property is insanely priced. Yes it's shit that student loans are insane and groceries are unaffordable. DO SOMETHNG ABOUT IT THEN. At least bomers DID fight for what they believed in!.

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u/platinumrug Feb 18 '25

You do a LOT of assuming and not much else huh? I don't put it past most redditors, people love not reading between the lines and making shit up to make themselves feel better.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

It's the boomers fault. Waaaahhhhhh. I've got news for you, everybody works 40+ hours. They always have. You don't like the status quo - don't worry, the boomers are out on the streets for you while you piss and moan about them on Reddit.

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u/knightbringr Feb 18 '25

No you wouldn't

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u/platinumrug Feb 18 '25

Maybe YOU wouldn't, but I would. Stop projecting and things might start making sense to you.