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    • RedCoat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Surely the point is they are class traitors, and that's a good thing, a large amount of important historical revolutionary figures were class traitors that fought for the working classes against their own best interests.

    • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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      3 years ago

      a poster of wealth

      I think your overall point is well taken but can we not?

  • ABigguhPizzahPieh [none/use name,any]
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    3 years ago

    I mean what would it mean to be a class traitor if the west doesn't have an organized working class. There are workers sure but no class for itself.

    • Kanna [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      :this:

      I'm not even the worst off here, but there are posters here that could really use financial help. If someone is in the position to help a comrade they should

  • carbohydra [des/pair]
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    3 years ago

    when they move beyond posting and use their money to destroy capitalism

  • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    When we build enough of a party that we cna actually use their money better. Right now if they gave me money I'd enjoy it, but it would ultimately just go to my land lord and not do anyone any good

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    We have literal millionaires here? And here I was feeling bad about being a disgusting PMC.

    • Kanna [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Oh so you're the one BMF has been warning us about :amogus:

  • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    On this site??? I doubt it.

    Also idk. Theres a line somewhere. Im not really interested in hanging hassan for buying a house. It reminds of the Malcom X quote about community leaders, the one about black celebrities not being them.

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I saw someone mention they were a millionaire just the other day, they exist. Considering this site came from a Reddit page for a Brooklyn podcast, it's not too surprising. I got no problem with em as long as they don't cause trouble

  • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    We have millionaires? Are they 50 year olds with 1.2 million and no pension? Or are they 35 year olds who worked at a start up and got stock options?

    Or did they, I hate to even have to think about this… inherit money? (Shudders)

    Do we have any landlord posters? Is that more cursed than millionaire posters?

      • evicerate [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        My current commune works like this -

        Everyone's name is on the deed so no one can sell unless we all agree and get a cut.. Everyone pays a well below market rate monthly fee (This is not a 'rent' because no individual or entity is being payed for use of the property. Its a fee for the costs of the property existing in its current condition and to the state). The fee pays taxes and the excess is pooled for necessary repairs/upgrades. We get along as like-minded individuals so there's minimal discussion over what is necessary or not. Everyone contributes out of their own pocket for aesthetic stuff like paint in their personal spaces.

      • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I’ll probably meet the choppy boi for this sentiment, but owning a duplex and renting half is more like having room mates than being a landlord

        Isn’t a co-op like that?

    • pppp1000 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      We definitely do have landlord posters. I know one from Australia. A socdem too. And take a guess from the amount of upvotes you get when you say stuff like "small mom and pop landlords aren't that bad." Or "Single home landlords aren't that bad"

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    3 years ago

    Just being rich doesn't make you a class traitor, only when you use your ownership of the means of production to exploit fellow workers for profit (or directly assist someone in doing so). Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be poor and impoverished to be a socialist, tho it does help you build class consciousness

  • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It depends on a lot of things IMO. A family of five in expensive parts of California could live a generally traditional life in a small/medium house and still technically be a millionaire if you go off housing prices or whatever. The problem there then isn't with them in particular, especially since they're likely just an IT worker or some other shit that's still oppressed and has their value stolen, but rather the outcome that should be aspired to for all.

    Every family should have a place to live with access to food, clothing entertainment etc. The issue isn't that someone has it but rather that others do not.

    This is different however from the bourgeois and millionaires who make their money off of exploiting labor. People who have butlers or secretaries, land that they will never use, who go through fast fashion at a disgusting rate. They live their life beyond basic rights that should be afforded to all, and do so explicitly by taking those rights from others.

    • nanoplague [she/her,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, I have friends in LA whose rinkadink home is 750k but they can't afford daycare so one parent stays home until both are in school.