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19% would be the complacent middle class 🤮

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[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

...so let people die, stop caring for our neighbours, allow ignorance and illiteracy to fester. Seems extreme and misplaced.

A better, less-nihilistic approach might be: stop buying things, cancel subscriptions, sell dividend-paying stocks, etc. Or even better: a general strike.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A general strike is stopping doing those services en masse.

[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Yes, but it includes the whole population rather than a narrow sub-section. It would also send a much stronger message.

See what happens when CEOs and politicians need to wipe their own asses.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, what difference does it make whether the stocks pay dividends or not?

[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I suppose there isn't much.

Dividends are free cash that the company distributes to shareholders whereas it ought to reward the workers imo. I see it as peak siphoning profit away from the working class to the "ruling" class (who don't contribute anything).

Capital gains and the whole stock market are bad too. As is our tired, biased tax code.

Jesus... a lot to fix.