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CousinIT

(9,239 posts) Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:49 PM Aug 2020

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Billionaires need the working class.

The working class does not need billionaires.

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AOC FTW [View all] CousinIT Aug 2020 OP

recommend +1,000,000,000 handmade34 Aug 2020 #1

[b]"We can have democracy in this country, OR we can have Hortensis Aug 2020 #146

It was consumers & essential workers, not the "job creators," CrispyQ Aug 2020 #2

Love this..sending to my son who works in medical field. Thanks! RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2020 #10

Tell him we are all so thankful for what he & his colleagues do! CrispyQ Aug 2020 #11

Missed an essential one NotANeocon Aug 2020 #19

The truth is that simple. FoxNewsSucks Aug 2020 #3

Now if we can just get the entire working class to unite and fight we might win. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #4

Billionaires are parasites. Every billionaire is a failure in policy. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #5

We can't afford billionaires... JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #6

A famous quote by Abraham Lincoln: panader0 Aug 2020 #7

Great quote from Lincoln. It's been my signature line here on DU fro a while. Don't remember... EarnestPutz Aug 2020 #41

Thanks! I once quoted that to a conservative republican and I asked him Trailrider1951 Aug 2020 #93

K&R -nt Ohio Joe Aug 2020 #8

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2020 #9

The proof that billionaires need workers is simple Ohioboy Aug 2020 #12

They would use slaves, mrsadm Aug 2020 #60

Right on! LiberalLovinLug Aug 2020 #13

Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #14

lol melman Aug 2020 #16

The upper management don't have to be billionaires lunatica Aug 2020 #18

Upper management doesn't have money to risk ventures and expansions SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #42

You go check lunatica Aug 2020 #47

In my experience when people become billionaires SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #48

So, is the organizational business model of banks ordained by god? jaxexpat Aug 2020 #75

There is no excuse for billionaires. None. theaocp Aug 2020 #22

Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #43

Right, so many of them were Bettie Aug 2020 #62

Sweden, Norway and Iceland have survived and done well despite ehrnst Aug 2020 #135

Exactly. George II Aug 2020 #31

LOL tenderfoot Aug 2020 #59

If this were true we'd still be waiting for someone to develop fire and the wheel. rwsanders Aug 2020 #65

Unfortunately, disorganized labor... reACTIONary Aug 2020 #96

I think there can be leadership without a group of "leaders" who do no work and contribute nothing. rwsanders Aug 2020 #110

I think that economics of scale, while... reACTIONary Aug 2020 #137

The problem there is that once you reach a certain point, the organization then becomes a monster rwsanders Aug 2020 #145

Efficiency does not trump justice... reACTIONary Aug 2020 #154

Sorry, been there done that. Haven't seen any benefit of size other than to concentrate wealth rwsanders Aug 2020 #156

Time will tell... reACTIONary Aug 2020 #157

They wouldn't have any $$ to invest treestar Aug 2020 #76

Agree. nt reACTIONary Aug 2020 #94

She's the best melman Aug 2020 #15

lol SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #44

Yawn melman Aug 2020 #52

I've made that argument all my life. lunatica Aug 2020 #17

Oh dear! This sounds awful! If true, what is the solution? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #20

All of the above. Look to history. FDR had it right. Second Bill of Rights, 90% marginal tax rate rwsanders Aug 2020 #21

FDR's economy was all based upon WWII spending SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #45

Not an area of history I'm familiar with, but I doubt that the booming economy was rwsanders Aug 2020 #64

Sweden has a higher Billionaire per capita rate than the US. ehrnst Aug 2020 #132

I don't think it is just a slogan, and maybe billionaires aren't the entire problem, maybe rwsanders Aug 2020 #136

So why do you think that they are more prevalent in Sweden and Iceland ehrnst Aug 2020 #138

Maybe because their societies haven't left people to live on the streets, rwsanders Aug 2020 #147

How do you propose to eliminate them? (nt) ehrnst Aug 2020 #149

I'm not an economist, but FDR is a great model... rwsanders Aug 2020 #152

"Really simple stuff." ehrnst Aug 2020 #153

Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #155

Strawman. When you have no real rebuttal. ehrnst Aug 2020 #158

Going after me by DM? Seriously? "Twit?" ehrnst Aug 2020 #159

Also ... "your". NurseJackie Aug 2020 #163

Wow.. smh. Who Does THAT?!! Cha Aug 2020 #164

THat Should Be You're Me. Aug 2020 #165

Where exactly in that tweet did she say they should be outlawed? manhattan123 Aug 2020 #25

Where did I say that she had? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #26

So your solution is to outlaw them? manhattan123 Aug 2020 #28

Ridiculous. That's a question, not a quote. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #30

But she didn't call for anything to be done to billionaires, just pointed out an indisputable fact manhattan123 Aug 2020 #32

Where are the solutions? Anyone can post a laundry list of problems... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #37

Irrational is an insult? manhattan123 Aug 2020 #63

Please don't play innocent with me. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #77

I'm having a hard time deciding which is the key word - "irrational" or "insult". George II Aug 2020 #81

I don't know. But here's a gif... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #84

Aha! First thing that comes to mind is "connect the dots"! George II Aug 2020 #85

This one is wearing a disguise... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #86

Back when I lived in Manhattan I used to walk past this hotel a couple of times a week: George II Aug 2020 #88

That's a very unique name. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #90

If someone was to call your ideas for change 'irrational' you'd ehrnst Aug 2020 #151

Back in January she said billionaires shouldn't exist. George II Aug 2020 #29

I don't know what she said in January, I don't fixate on her as some around here seem to. manhattan123 Aug 2020 #33

And the answer is that she doesn't believe billionaires exist. Don't know what she intends to do.... George II Aug 2020 #34

She doesn't believe billionaires exist? manhattan123 Aug 2020 #36

Typo - she doesn't believe billionaires SHOULD exist (as I said in the previous post).... George II Aug 2020 #38

Oh, you thought I was talking about you? manhattan123 Aug 2020 #39

First clue was "you do you". Whatever, have at it. George II Aug 2020 #40

Well, I was talking to your bud NurseJackie, but okay... manhattan123 Aug 2020 #61

You said "You do you" and then "Oh, you thought I was talking about you?" betsuni Aug 2020 #78

I know, right? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #79

Heh. Interesting. betsuni Aug 2020 #91

Snap! ehrnst Aug 2020 #139

Suggestion - respond to the person to whom you're talking. George II Aug 2020 #80

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Bazinga! NurseJackie Aug 2020 #27

but... but.. they are good billionaires .. they are allowed to exist SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #46

... tenderfoot Aug 2020 #58

Just call it "grassroots," then it's okay. betsuni Aug 2020 #49

wait for it sheshe2 Aug 2020 #51

Is she voting in their best interests? paleotn Aug 2020 #97

We don't know. But we do know she's voted against the Democratic majority.... George II Aug 2020 #99

Well, if she's a tool for the uber rich... paleotn Aug 2020 #101

"one can ask the question in your subject line" melman Aug 2020 #104

And that is exactly why slavery exists. japple Aug 2020 #24

K & R Celerity Aug 2020 #35

Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #50

Did she say that? SoonerPride Aug 2020 #53

plutophobia! melman Aug 2020 #55

plutophobia is a another RW talking point on edit (as the post was hidden) the poster I am Celerity Aug 2020 #57

How is it a right-wing talking point? Too many syllables for the modern American right-winger. betsuni Aug 2020 #66

Defence of a plutocracy is a priori RW, and also, by its very nature, anti-democracy. Celerity Aug 2020 #67

There wasn't any defense of plutocracy. betsuni Aug 2020 #68

Yes it was, most definitely so, for the reasons I already laid out, including my reply in regards Celerity Aug 2020 #69

The point of America is that it's a Disney Land capitalist casino. You can visit wearing betsuni Aug 2020 #70

you are projecting far more into this than what the post I replied to said, and also what I said Celerity Aug 2020 #71

... betsuni Aug 2020 #72

you do not need billionaires to have effective capital formation, that is a RW talking point Celerity Aug 2020 #56

Can't get any more graphically to the point KPN Aug 2020 #54

I see Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #73

Stunning shocking surprising Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #74

"AOC haters"? That's rather divisive, isn't it? We can't discuss what politicians... George II Aug 2020 #83

Oh, suddenly holding feet to the fire and constructive criticism is bad and "hating." betsuni Aug 2020 #89

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #92

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LOL! Every time I read that quote... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #98

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That quotation from Hamlet doesn't mean what you think it means. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2020 #160

LOL Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #161

From my experience, not even all English teachers. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2020 #162

Another bigger better longer General Strike for Labor Day! Bluethroughu Aug 2020 #82

The world would be far better off without Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Tesla, SpaceX fescuerescue Aug 2020 #87

Kick....n/t Upthevibe Aug 2020 #103

Power to the people! dchill Aug 2020 #105

The term billionaire needs to become an anachronism. argyl Aug 2020 #106

62 out of 147... demmiblue Aug 2020 #148

AOC! K/R (nt) Alex4Martinez Aug 2020 #150