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That is what happens when you slash taxation on the richest and allow inequality to explode. Your economies die, and your children don’t eat, and they wear thick jumpers, as I did, in the winter, and they shiver, with their families, in cold homes.

Meanwhile, someone like me will be sitting in a skyscraper, just a 15-minute walk away, betting on it, and that person will become a millionaire.

Then they’ll retire and they’ll buy a luxury apartment, overlooking a marina, and they’ll sit on a huge sofa and eat porridge, and they’ll watch the budget, and they’ll cry.

And in the houses down the road, the mom doesn’t eat, and she hopes the children don’t notice. But they do.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Atone by paying your fair share of taxes, and donate a fuckton to causes that uplift the marginalized. Guilt assuaged,problem solved.

DM me to arrange payment of my consultation fee.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"He joined the Patriotic Millionaires and Millionaires for Humanity to campaign for wealth tax..." – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Stevenson_(economist)

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

But, I wanted to hate.

Edit: /s

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

No investigation no right to speak

He seems like a cool guy: gives talks on Novara, from a poor background in Ilford, poor accent, rails against capitalism.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

He's not sorry. He's rich and wants to appear contrite.

[–] chromolium_falcon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sightline@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

He is, check his Wikipedia page.

[–] literallyacat@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

He's getting the apologies inb4 all the guillotines are built.

[–] pop@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

That is what happens when you slash taxation on the richest and allow inequality to explode. Your economies die, and your children don’t eat, and they wear thick jumpers, as I did, in the winter, and they shiver, with their families, in cold homes.

And that is why the propaganda starts early and you're a traitor to question the logic.

There's also war abroad they trumpet up every so often to deflect from any responsibility. It's always "get-out-free-of-consequences" card and people feel smug for arbitrary reasons or downright lies to have their tax sent to kill innocent people in thousands while the military complex rakes in billions. So they have been doing it time and again with great success.

"Thank you for your service"

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Check out his interviews on YouTube as well. He did a bunch related to the book he released recently.
Saying that inequality is the source of widespread woes in western countries makes a lot of sense to me, given the similar challenges we are seeing throughout Europe and us

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago
[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Totally unreadable past the first few paragraphs. Smarmy humblebrag bullshit.