@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 6 months agoWhy billionaires should take the lead and declare their own emissions cutting targetstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1159
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minus-square@Rivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink3•6 months agoAmericans are worse off today than the French were immediately before the revolution. Billionaires should be doing everything they can to protect themselves from the guillotines, and/or not be billionaires anymore.
minus-square@silence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilink6•6 months agoThe idea that Americans are worse off than French just before the Revolution is bonkers. I don’t see bread riots yet or widespread starvation
minus-square@Rivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink2•6 months agoWealth inequality is considerably worse today than at the beginning of the French Revolution. We do have fewer riots today, but that’s primarily because we are much better at quelling them. If you’re not seeing poverty, you’re not looking.
Americans are worse off today than the French were immediately before the revolution.
Billionaires should be doing everything they can to protect themselves from the guillotines, and/or not be billionaires anymore.
The idea that Americans are worse off than French just before the Revolution is bonkers. I don’t see bread riots yet or widespread starvation
Wealth inequality is considerably worse today than at the beginning of the French Revolution.
We do have fewer riots today, but that’s primarily because we are much better at quelling them.
If you’re not seeing poverty, you’re not looking.