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“I would rather burn this to the ground than share it with my lessers” (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by TheDoctor@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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What do you call this phenomenon? I think of the kulaks burning their harvest and I think of schools shutting down during desegregation in the US rather than integrate. Are there any other good examples? Why do people do this?

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[-] reverendz@hexbear.net 36 points 3 months ago

Literally why the world is ending due to climate change.

The wealthy know we're heading off a cliff, but they'd rather keep the system and frantically build bunkers and buy up farmland than change course. Doing so would mean giving up the system protecting their wealth.

They'd rather let the world burn.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

The rich know they're vastly outnumbered,
And endeavor to keep us encumbered
With onerous debts,
While their blue piggy pets
Help the bastards defend what they've plundered.