Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by femiagbabiaka on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:02AM
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That will only accentuate the problem. When 20% tariffs land and people can point directly to the rich persons in charge, I wonder what their response will be?
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Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by shiroiushi on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:12AM
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They'll cheer for it and ask for more? That's what we've been seeing with Trump's rallies, and the strong support he got at the polls.
Sure, a few malcontents might get angry and try shooting at someone. It only takes one angry person to pull off a successful assassination, as we just saw in NYC. A couple of other angry people shot at Trump on the campaign trail. But that wasn't related to his popularity, since he won overwhelmingly in the election afterwards.
I suppose the rich people are probably going to need to hire more bodyguards, so this might be a good time to buy stock in a security company.
Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by MrMcCall on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:16AM
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"Bodyguard, I wouldn't like your job, snakes in the grass that know not Jah." --Steel Pulse
Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by brendoelfrendo on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:56PM
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Point of order: Trump won the electoral college "overwhelmingly," but his popular-vote victory is incredibly narrow. His victory does not indicate overwhelming popularity among the American people.
Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by FranzFerdiNaN on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:21AM
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They are going to blame Biden or China or the left or the lgbtq community or Obama. Anyone but their own team.
Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by rsanek on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:12AM
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they didn't seem to mind when Biden kept em
Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)
by tail_exchange on Friday December 06, 2024 @09:31AM
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They seemed to mind a lot by never shutting up about Biden's handling of inflation, which tariffs contributed to.