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A comment on Tech billionaire’s gnarly fight with California surfers over private beach. Parent comment

Re:Tech billionaire’s gnarly fight with California surfers o... by ulfw on Friday January 23, 2015 @12:35PM (#8936089)
Because Americans foolishly still believe that 'one day they can make it too'. How else could one explain why millions vote for 'lower taxes for the rich' if they are quite poor themselves?!
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Re:Tech billionaire’s gnarly fight with California surfers o... by cratermoon on Friday January 23, 2015 @02:27PM (#8936716)
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" -- John Steinbeck
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Re:Tech billionaire’s gnarly fight with California surfers o... by XJOKOLAT on Thursday February 05, 2015 @04:16PM (#9006161)
Just brilliant. Thanks.
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