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ck4829

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11. When poor people don't work, they're lazy malcontents. When rich people don't do anything, they're..
Wed May 30, 2018, 10:43 AM
May 2018

"Suffering from affluenza"

"I'm too rich to understand the consequences of my actions, that's why I plowed my car into four people."

"I can't go to prison for sexual molestation, it will be too hard on me because I've never had a job."

Our media and politicians turns the very ennui of the rich into an asset for the rich only, you don't see this for any other class. This is economic privilege, and it's privilege being abused instead of being recognized and used as a tool for social justice (And you see this with racial and gender privilege as well).

Of course not TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #1
No. It means that happiness WhiteTara May 2018 #2
Privilege comes in many flavors. Orsino May 2018 #3
It does ck4829 May 2018 #24
From my grandfather tazkcmo May 2018 #4
No, it just means different people have different problems . . hatrack May 2018 #5
Post removed Post removed May 2018 #6
Enjoy your stay, maybe you will make it to Uncle Joe May 2018 #7
Maybe not. marble falls May 2018 #20
Not quite ck4829 May 2018 #25
Sigh BumRushDaShow May 2018 #8
And thank YOU for kicking it. EffieBlack May 2018 #9
Yay BumRushDaShow May 2018 #13
Yay, you! EffieBlack May 2018 #15
That's usually how I know certain threads are here BumRushDaShow May 2018 #18
Well said, Effie. Aristus May 2018 #17
Didn't take long, did it? Funny how many very low number posters are so upset over your OPs, is it? marble falls May 2018 #19
Isn't it? I must make a helluva first impression. EffieBlack May 2018 #21
You do. And its a good thing. Your truth may hurt some, but there's healing in it. If people ... marble falls May 2018 #22
Thanks, Marble EffieBlack May 2018 #27
LOL, Are you like from the future or something? ck4829 May 2018 #10
And very familiar with a poster who was banned a couple of years ago EffieBlack May 2018 #12
When poor people don't work, they're lazy malcontents. When rich people don't do anything, they're.. ck4829 May 2018 #11
Money can't buy happiness... Wounded Bear May 2018 #14
IMHO, it manifests differently BumRushDaShow May 2018 #16
It means their life isn't reflecting it mythology May 2018 #23
No. elleng May 2018 #26
K&R Gothmog May 2018 #28
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