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[โ€“] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why would you think the modern day Robber Barons could be swayed by social need?

If they need say first aid or a blood transfusion or the mob to stop beating them to death I think they could be persuaded to understand that we live in a society.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Oh sure. But then they wouldn't be Robber Barons so much as they'd be French Aristocracy on Bastille Day. Totally different position.

And even then, when Robespierre had King Louis by the balls, what did Marie Antoinette do? Austrian mercenary jailbreak.

"I'd rather fight to the death to keep my yacht than let anyone else have public health care" is just hardwired into some of these people.