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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

what are you even talking about? Rich people are last on a long list of scapegoats

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Look at Russia's oligarchs. Hell, look at Hungary.

There was this one wealthy guy bankrolling Orbán's campaigns, one of the wealthiest people in Hungary. He got into an argument with Orbán publicly. Today he's neither wealthy, nor living in Hungary.

The people will not turn on rich people. I'm saying rich people are used to be controlling politics, but in a Russian style system, rich people are controlled BY politics, not the other way around.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

He's still alive and no longer in hungary? so like rich people might move to their vacation estate for a year or two? this is just ordinary rich people stuff except instead of doing it for a tax cut they're doing it because they publicly disagreed. Its theater. The whole point is to protect the money piles. It took russia like 20 years to start fussing about rich people that left the country

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine Murdoch arguing with Trump, trying to bankroll another party to rein him in, with it ending in him selling all his news outlets and retiring.

The point is that money doesn't get you political power in this system.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine because that's not even remotely how it works.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

Not in the US, not yet.

In a Russian style society, money means jack shit against actual power.