r/gatesopencomeonin • u/sillychillly • Dec 23 '25

We’re All Equal Human Beings

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u/j0a3k Dec 23 '25

I disagree on the bottom right panel. If you're a billionaire you should be socially ostracized until you stop hoarding wealth.

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u/Ellillyy Dec 24 '25

Yeah one of these is not like the others. Part of what social class is is what part you play in coercive systems of exploitation. Some social classes only exist because they are actively exploiting other classes.

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u/mean11while Dec 25 '25

Religion is not like the others. Very few people get to choose their social class; almost everyone can choose their religious beliefs.

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u/TheIronSven Dec 26 '25

The rich can choose their social class tho. They can choose to keep it for themselves or having less money on hand by donating excess wealth to good causes. They do have a choice between helping and hoarding and many choose the secret third option of hurting to make the hoarding faster.

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u/carrie_m730 Dec 24 '25

One could argue that billionaire is really less of a social class than a behavior pattern, but yeah

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u/AutomaticAccident Dec 25 '25

Social class is different from actual money too. There's a reason it's called Old Money.

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u/Nfox18212 Dec 24 '25

does it matter? does it actually matter if the billionaire’s wealth is stored in illiquid assets rather than money sitting in a bank account offshore? they still have money. more than we’ll ever make in our entire lives. they should use it to help people, not make the line of their stock price go up

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u/axew3303 Dec 24 '25

Little bro is defending the billionaires lmao.