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Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power? (kbin.melroy.org)

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When it has been demonstrated over and over again, how little they think of anyone beneath them.

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[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

evil does exist, some people are too far gone to be saved...the world would be a much better place without Theil or Murdoch (and his chosen heir) in it, for example.

far as "dehumanizing"...kind of an irrelevant argument around semantics to me, they're a massive net negative for society as a whole, simple as

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