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When the one percent starts to feel paranoid, Clay Cockrell is the first to hear about it. A therapist who specializes in treating the neuroses of the ultrawealthy, Cockrell says that many of his clients are in the privileged position of getting freaked out by eat-the-rich sentiments these days.

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[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

they’re genuinely trying to downplay what they have. It’s not just quiet — it’s silent. In an era of rising economic tension and class rage, a rich person’s privacy has become the ultimate commodity. They don’t want to be seen at the Chanel store.

For a long time here in the US, inequality has been treated as no big deal. "Oh, inequality is growing?," said the business leaders and economists, "Why should we care?"

This is why.

[-] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

When it boils over, the lesson it will teach society will be bloody and painful.

I doubt the lesson will be learned well.

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Remember when Bruce Wayne was a millionaire?

And then a multimillionaire?

And then a billionaire?

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

They could always downsize their lives to be less exploitative and still live a life of leisure if they are that afraid for their safety, or better yet use their wealth to influence policies beneficial to the large majority of humans but they wont do either of those.

They just want to keep living the exact same way without consequences.

[-] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago
[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago

Good, fuck all y’all, I’ll see you in hell tomorrow if I can.

[-] terraborra@lemmy.nz 32 points 1 week ago

In the immortal words of Good Charlotte:

They’re always complaining, always complaining. If money is such a problem, well they got mansions, think we should rob them.

Though ironically the Madden brothers ended up marrying rich.

[-] meejle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To be fair they also said:

Talking on the phone, got an interview
With the Rolling Stone, they're saying,
"Now you're rich and now you're famous
Fake-ass girls all know your name and
'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'
Your first hit, aren't you ashamed?"
Of the life, of the life, of the life we're living

So at least they're self aware 😅

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Even weirder to not be rich right now. Fuck them. They should feel it, greedy pigs.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 1 week ago

There's quite a bit they can do to stop those sentiments if they truly are afraid of eat-the-rich rhetoric.

[-] whalebiologist@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

So funny to be in therapy telling your friend-for-hire that you are anxious and uncertain about what to do, because the idea of living modestly and giving to the needy is not even worthy of consideration to them.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I'd be happy if they just didn't try to bleed the world dry for like a minute at least.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Don’t call therapists “friends-for-hire.” It’s a lame insult to a serious and needed profession.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 25 points 1 week ago
[-] dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 week ago

Article mentions "multimillionaire." That's not ultra rich. We gotta keep going y'all until billionaires starts making such comments.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Depends on how many multis. If they are within a rounding up number, I'd say it still counts.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

i have a foolproof strategy to protect them. they should just broaden the target base by immersing themselves among other rich people.

and the most effective method would be making everybody else equally rich. bam. you're now only one potential target among eight billion.

my ted talk will be aired soon.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

They should be afraid. They should feel fear.

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Well if all that money and resources are making you uncomfortable, I am willing to take them off your hands...

[-] 20cello@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago
[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

I am glad they are afraid, they should be but I also know what that means for us unfortunately

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah. It means they'll try to keep us down even more by making us poorer and poorer, self-defeating tactic that it is. Eventually, it'll be like a bolt of lightning or an earthquake; the imbalance of power will hit a breaking point and it will equalize. Quickly and violently.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unfortunately there is no guarantee the side of labor prevails. I recommend reading into the Weimar Republic if you can. Here are 2 youtubers who cover it well if you are interested. They aren't comprehensive if you do history as a profession but they are good.

The Betrayal of the German Revolution

Unfortunately Jonas Ceika has privatized his videos temporarily so I can't add that one but should they come back soon his are good too. Both are 3 part series!

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ooh! Thanks!

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

They could always fix this by sharing the wealth

[-] thedruid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Have him pass along this message to those poor scared 1%ers

Good. How's it feel to have others control your destiny? How's it feel to be scared? They love doing it to us...

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

... interact with people in a way that’s meaningful.

That's it. That's all you gotta do, you miserable little fuckers. Don't dedicate your life to making people sick and miserable, but rather spend it trying to enrich others (and yourself, as a side effect). Enjoy your days free of common worries and just exist alongside others from all walks of life. If you treat all people with dignity and respect, nobody's gonna line up to burn you at the stake. Well, except the fascists, but we just ignore them except for when they need to get punched.

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