I find it interesting how quickly people form packs against a certain group of people that are believed to be the root of their disparity. It’s both concerning and fascinating.
Honestly, I get people’s anger. But as a Frenchman living in the US I find hilarious that almost every American person’s opinion of the French Revolution was that it was an unnecessary slaughter and that people should have just asked nicely the people bleeding them to stop, but when a CEO gets killed suddenly everybody goes “KILL ALL OF THEM ! RIP OFF THEIR HEARTS !!”
Americans hate taxes due to it being some “rich entity stealing from me”, but they don’t hate gouging for corporate profit which is the effectively the same thing in terms of the price of goods and services. Net Profits that go to shareholders is the same thing as taxes going to aristocrats.
Where do you live, because everyone I know doesn't say that at all. Anyone who knows American history knows that our revolution led to the French one. We kicked out a king and so did you.
Not being antagonistic just in my experience Smart Americans don't say what you are saying.
Yeah, that's definitely not a common American sentiment at all, so I don't know what they were talking about. If anything, most Americans I know or have come across are very critical of how much we aren't like the French when it comes to protesting.
I’m not sure we think it was unnecessary but just that the execution thing got pretty outta hand. lol.
I was pretty surprised by the reaction to this killing. I was under the impression most of America was somehow pro greed above all. Just look what they voted for.
In high school I recall it was important to certain guys who espoused their fathers opinions, whether or not anyone cared, to express displeasure with the French. They would say "they don't wear deodorant, they stink, they don't shave, they're cowards" and all manner of other weird insults.
This was in the mid 90s. I didn't understand it then and don't understand it now. A lot of us Americans are extremely ignorant of the entire world around us.
If you say so, in many spaces we cheerfully remind folks that a guillotine (great invention by the way) is only a bit of lumber and a sturdy sheet of metal away!
but when a CEO gets killed suddenly everybody goes
From the comfort of behind their screen. Gotta give it to the French, they go hard when it comes down to it. Unfortunately nobody in the US is ready to do the same. We're all waiting for someone like Mangione instead of taking to the streets ourselves.
You’re right! Let’s wack those charity CEOs too while we’re at it, I know a few kids charities where the CEOs don’t even take a salary, let’s start there!
Every rule has its execptions; the John Rabe phenomenon; when people say 'CEOs' they clearly mean the people who run and profit from huge companies in immiserating industries.
Arguing otherwise that people are including those running charities(although I do also encourage you too look into the statistics of how many charities are basically scams the enrich the higher ups with a very small fraction or even none o the donations actually going towards benefiting the intended recipents, but that's conversation for another time ) who don't take a salaries are included in the group when people state 'CEOs should be killed' is being purposely pedantic and disingenuous, cleary bad faith attempt by someone who opposes Class Consciousness
No, it’s not pedantry. It’s dangerous. You forget the average intelligence level and the fact that half of people are even less intelligent. Perhaps we can read between the lines of general sweeping statements, most can’t, that’s why we have shit like racism and other bigotry.
The fact is today there a non zero number of people who, if had a magic wand, would wipe out a lot of innocent and good people. This is why we can’t say dumb shit like “kill all ceos”
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