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Re:Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and... by Teever on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:58PM (#47709972)
I honestly think that we'll start to see a movement where people diagnosed with terminal illnesses like a brain tumour that leave them functional for a few weeks or months before dying within a year will start kamikazing against the ultra wealthy.

People with nothing to lose will feel empowered by taking everything from the people who they feel are responsible for taking everything from them.

There's a chance this kind of thing becomes a social contagion that spreads, much like suicide or school shootings.

I'm not sure what the solution is to it once it starts. I guess people like Thiel won't be able to do antichrist talks at the Vatican anymore.

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Re:Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and... by ryandrake on Thursday April 09, 2026 @07:57PM (#47711862)
This is why totalitarian surveillance and increased police power is also part of the billionaires' agenda: When 99.99% of us are economically irrelevant, they'll need to more and more insulate themselves from the "Nothing To Lose" people.
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Re:Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and... by causal on Thursday April 09, 2026 @05:36PM (#47710496)
That's a pretty extreme take on the current situation IMO, I don't think we're anywhere near things being that bad. But I certainly want to avoid that.
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Re:Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and... by Teever on Thursday April 09, 2026 @06:06PM (#47710866)
As an outsider looking in I'm pretty sure that these were the kinds of conversations that took place in social media companies after that Health CEO got Luigi'd.

I think that's why you saw the extreme moderation on even the word 'Luigi' or pictures of the character on Reddit -- They were trying to prevent a social contagion scenario.

With that said I'm curious what you think would have to happen in Westernsociety for this kind of thing to take off? The person above paints a pretty bleak picture of AMerica where healthcare is tied to employment and people are facing the prospect of mass unemployment.

Are people just going to sit there and die? Or sit there and watch their family members die while they see the ultra wealthy flaunt their wealth on social media?

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Re:Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and... by sundaeofshock on Friday April 10, 2026 @08:39AM (#47717223)
Someone just filmed themselves setting fire to a warehouse because they were underpaid.
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