Social media seems to be laughing its ass off about this tragedy, is it because the folks at burning man are perceived as frivolous hippies or something? Everyone I’ve ever met who was a regular burning man attendee has been a solid human being with strong morals, personally and financially responsible, a career. Upstanding members of society for sure. I guess all some people know is the sensationalized drugs and sex. A person died. This is a tragedy for an event that brings positivity into the world. Kind of annoyed.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    81 year ago

    It’s all relative. If the poor have gotten poorer, then the “almost rich”, just by virtue of hanging on to their wealth, have edged up into “rich” territory

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      7
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Sure, if you want the extremely rich people who actually made you poor to write your narrative for them. Save your anger for the people who actually suppress wages and equity. Not people who just managed to carve out a middle class life by doing some job. Middle class people and poor people are much much closer in wealth to each other than middle class and the truly wealthy who rule this country.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          01 year ago

          Why not be angry at other poor people too then? They deserve it as much as the middle class.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              English
              11 year ago

              They do though. Neither one of them deserves your anger. Be angry at the people who actually set up the system that makes you poor. Not the middle class who has as much to blame as the poor.

              • @[email protected]
                link
                fedilink
                21 year ago

                The middle class didn’t set up the system, but they love benefiting from it.

                But even then, my main gripe with the middle class is their insistence that they’re blameless and they like to pretend they’re on the same side as the poor when they’re constantly supporting policies to keep the poor poorer.

                • @[email protected]
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  41 year ago

                  Yes, the middle class benefits some form the current system. We want a system that benefits all. That doesn’t mean breaking the system for the people who live a comfortable life. It means making the system support a comfortable life for all.

                  And blaming them as a block is really stupid anyway because they don’t all vote lock step. These divisions along non-ideological divides are a silly distraction meant to keep people fighting people who are actually on the same side.

                  • @[email protected]
                    link
                    fedilink
                    11 year ago

                    How do you change a system set up to benefit a class that is completely entrenched around the levers of power, without tearing down the whole rotten structure?

                  • @[email protected]
                    link
                    fedilink
                    01 year ago

                    These divisions along non-ideological divides are a silly distraction meant to keep people fighting people who are actually on the same side.

                    Fuck you and your million dollar mortgage and your 2nd car. We are not on the same side. We just have a common enemy.