Chapotony Chatano here, internet's busiest hogposter, and it's time for another edition of "Let's Argue", where we're on the internet, we accept your hot takes, unpopular opinions, and tough questions, and we struggle sesh over all of them. Leeeeet's, GO!

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    No, I think we need to concede that it is possible for them to be good. They are being paid outrageous sums of money, but they are being paid to do work and they need to work very hard. The vast, vast majority of them will be terrible because wealth itself is a mental disease that strips you of emotion, and just try to imagine how much easier it would be to fall for liberal/libertarian/conservative propaganda if you never had to worry about money... But even when rich, I think they typically equate wealth to work. I think that this is fertile ground for class traitors. Most of them will be awful, but if someone seems good, don't dismiss that right away.

    • Churnthrow123 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, they're fertile ground but it's important to remember that once they get that wealth, they are NOT working class anymore.

      • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Absolutely. They are still workers though. If they could be properly shown the interests of the true bourgeoisie, some of them (far from all) would be truly disgusted because their entire lives around working every waking hour to get better at one thing. If the veil is truly lifted and they see that they are working for people that earn more and think that they shouldn't have to do anything for it, they could be radicalized for real. All their pride and self-worth is wrapped up in the considerable work they have had to do to get where they are. Show them someone who thinks they should earn more than them without doing any work and they could genuinly hate them for it.

        We sure shouldn't expect them to be good though. That way only madness lies.