John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT

Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by Invictus0 on Sunday March 21, 2021 @07:49PM (#26535225)

Real change can only happen if the poor (people earning less than $1M per year) unite against the rich. Instead, the poor are hopelessly divided and fight pointless culture battles, like the main/master debate.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by snakeboy on Sunday March 21, 2021 @08:00PM (#26535285)

I don't think anyone making less than the median US income has even heard of the main/master debate :)

But sure, I agree with the larger point. Culture wars are great for keeping the weak divided. The $GME fiasco - albeit a bit silly - was the first glimmer of hope I saw in a long time towards that unification. Hopefully there's more to come.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by wernercd on Sunday March 21, 2021 @09:26PM (#26535837)

> poor (less than 1m)

the top 10% globally is 30k... which is low income for Americans.

Americans bitching about the 1% is laughable.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by tolbish on Monday March 22, 2021 @12:41AM (#26536934)

Why is it laughable that Americans want a better world for others? Most Americans have no control over what their country's leaders do.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by solveit on Sunday March 21, 2021 @10:08PM (#26536103)

Ironically, America basically shows how the 1% can maintain control of the global hegemony for decades without any effective resistance. The fact that this system of oppression is fractally recursive adds to the irony.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by throwaway53453 on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:40PM (#26549486)

Precisely because Americans lead comfortable lives.

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