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FASCINATING AF perspective suggesting that luigi is a member of the class that benefits from our system, but rejected it out of ignorance because he (and most younger people like him of that class) identify with the systematically violated poor due to luigi (and others like him) mostly not consuming the mainstream, legacy media that re-enforces the system.

due to this, the real danger for the ruling class is not he 99%; but rather their younger generations who are siding with the violated poor out of ignorance that they will inherit the reigns of this system because the ruling class has focused so much on sending the message that the system is invincible to the poor, that they unwittingly have given their own younger generation the same message thanks to the internet & social media.

each time the ruling class responds with zealously overwhelming force to protect the system and shore up that sense of invincibility; it becomes more self-defeating since it prods their younger generations to rail against the system even further until luigi; as a member of that predatory ruling class; used his class' privileged perspective to take the kind direct action that's not available to the poor.

if true, i think this explains why all of the super powers have been working so hard to curtail internet access and social media presences that don't tow the official narratives like tiktok and maybe explains why so many of the ruling classes' young, like hasan piker, have such strongly leftists views despite their immensely wealthy background.

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now the news narrative has shifted to unexplained drone sightings...like, I remember jingling keys to my baby as a distraction.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

it pays to diversify and i'm willing to bet that the ruling classes' highly paid advisors have made them aware that hammering on this point has become self defeating.

it makes me think that class consciousness won't come from luigi's actions and our only hope is that the ruling class' younger generations continue to have access to "subversive" media. i think tiktok is probably the largest purveyor of such media BY FAR and my government is going to ban it next month since the youth; rich and poor alike; really like it.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The sad state is that even the richest are poorer for our fucked up society. Public infrastructure cannot be duplicated with great wealth. You can have a mansion and grounds as nice as the nicest park gardens but without the interaction of humanity within it, it is devoid of much of what makes it great. You can eat the finest meals and it won't have the enjoyment of a lively eatery. Its funny how greed traps humanity out of true prosperity.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

... without the interaction of humanity within it, it is devoid of much of what makes it great. You can eat the finest meals and it won’t have the enjoyment of a lively eatery. Its funny how greed traps humanity out of true prosperity.

i wonder if the high prevalence psychopathy in the rich is the reason why they're able to continue like this.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

To say the least. Lol