At least since the French Revolution, equality has served as one of the leading ideals of society, yet the further we get into human history, the less likely it feels that we’ll ever get to its truest form. And yet people keep fighting, keep searching for a means of achieving it for the 98% of the population.
The first step—call out the ridiculousness that the privileged are pushing as the norm. The Facebook group called “The Other 98%” has been trying to do just that with their informative yet witty memes and posts. Bored Panda has previously covered the good work they do, so if you’re interested in reading more about that, please click here.
But today, dear reader, we’ve got you some more hilarious remarks on the current state of affairs shared by people sitting in the same boat as the rest of us, whilst the millionaires laugh at their tax write-offs. As you scroll through, please upvote your favorites and leave your opinions in the comments below. Now let’s dive straight into it!
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Class conflict, also referred to as class struggle and class warfare, is the political tension and economic friction that exists between the rich and the poor. In the political and economic philosophies of Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin, class struggle is a central point and a practical means for effecting radical socio-political changes for the social majority, known as the working class.
Mike Savage noted back in 2016 that economic shifts started to pose challenges to understanding how social classes are changing more broadly. The shifts—especially the wealthy elites pulling away from the majority of middle- and low-income earners—seem to be shaping world events. There is a strong anti-elite feeling across developed nations, and it’s not difficult to see why.
Before we dive further into these topics, we must touch upon a very important aspect of the current world, and that is the trade war. According to Investopedia, a trade war happens when one country retaliates against another by raising import tariffs or placing other restrictions on the other country’s imports.
Despite Donald Trump’s claim that “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” neoliberal economists generally believe that it is a poor policy choice, as they restrict, rather than liberalize, trade. As argued by Ka Zeng and Wei Liang, the effect of trade wars is uneven and complex.
How do you forget that once you already know it? The man is the biggest charlatan since The Music Man.
And yet everytime corporations lose a dollar of profits, they fire 1000 people. Why doesn't anyone talk about the millions that the corporations saved by cutting back on office space, by not having to provide everyone a desk anymore or a phone, and having the employee now pay for their own electricity and internet so we can work. We could all get our phone, internet and part of our electric bills paid and they would still be saving hundreds of thousands.
New trade barriers imposed by the initiator of trade wars will protect or even create jobs in specific industries, but other related downstream sectors will lose due to the higher costs associated with their imported parts and intermediate goods. In addition to creating winners and losers at the domestic level, trade wars will also have an impact on the rest of the countries that are not directly involved in them.
What is it that drives class wars? A common answer is taxation and a seeming lack of fairness. Polls show that most voters across the political spectrum support higher taxes on the rich, with about 80% of Americans saying they are frustrated that very wealthy people and corporations don’t seem to be paying their fair share of taxes, according to the Pew Research Center.
And yet, for whatever reason, it seems like an impossibility. A lot of the wealth that we are talking about is in the form of private business wealth, and therefore, there’s not a readily available market value for this form of wealth on which a wealth tax might be based.
Dirk Krueger—Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and professor of economics—argues that if you then impose a wealth tax on this form of wealth, the owners of these businesses might take all kinds of actions to artificially lower the value of this form of wealth.
Furthermore, Jim Powell argued that class warfare is a mortal enemy of economic growth and jobs. At the very least, class warfare means “progressive” taxation—higher tax rates on investors and entrepreneurs, eventually reaching confiscatory levels.
Yes all folk have the right to believe what they want UNLESS it harms other Folk or is an Unspeakable Crime
Whatever tax revenue is realized means less money available for private employers to hire people and less money for consumers to buy things. He continues to say that pay is a matter of supply and demand, meaning that whilst progressive taxation can make the rich poorer, it makes the poor poorer, too.
So what should be focused on? The first priority should be to ensure that taxes are indeed raised to finance the infrastructure spending plans and to maximize the share of spending that is in fact an investment into infrastructure for the future. “The biggest potential injustice I see is leaving our kids with a rotten, overheated planet and a lot of government debt to pay for the spending programs discussed now,” discussed experts on Penn Today.
what the moses is this censorship "dOnT leT tHe ChIlDren SeE tHe WorD 'do' or 'ce' oR hEaveN fOrBid TheY BecoMe GaY"
It seems like we’re all in this together, and yet we’re very much apart. If taxing the rich is not the way forward, then what is, as people that are living paycheck to paycheck have very little to grasp onto. I suppose another revolution is inevitable one day or another, but we shall have to live forth to see it.
Dear readers, as you continue scrolling through this list, make sure you’re upvoting your favorites and leaving your opinions in the comments below. I wish you the best of luck in this chaotic world in which we live and a very Merry Christmas!
I'm starting to become nervous for my son, but I also know he has me and everyone in this family, and we won't ever let him feel as if he's alone. At the very least, he will have that love from us.
A man who barely knows how to write his own name, who "opposes" abortion, but paid for multiple abortions for women he was not married to.
okay but unrelated that's the most badarse looking wheelchair I've ever seen
We are watching, and waiting, for the perfect moment… and then we revolt!
I'm old enough to remember when Newt Gingrich, a man who cheated on multiple wives, went after Bill Clinton. I have yet to see the apex of Republican hypocrisy.
no but that would be the funniest bugging c**p I've ever seen PLEASE
Correction: good things can happen when decent people with brains get organized
smh. sometimes I wonder how many brain cells some of those people have put together. anyone wanting to take a gander?
Yes! But also in all seriousness, I hate daylight savings time, it completely throws off my already wack circadian rhythm
Damn right he is, I need to work on expressing my emotions :/ thanks DAD
Christians confuse me, no offense to any of you Christians out there, unless you choose to take offense then that’s not my problem
But who picks up the bill??? Taxes? None of the above paid enough so surely that comes out of the pocket of the working man??
what the heck? I just looked up the $8 thing and I'm amazed. wasn't verification supposed to DETER spam bots or impersonators? now I could get verified and I've never even BEEN on twitter much less amassed a group of people who agree with what I say or anything
Our system isn't perfect but in New Zealand you can start voting 2 weeks before the election day to avoid the rush. In my area an empty building at my nearest shopping centre was rented and opened every day for early voters. And multiple halls are open on the day.
People are really careless with time. Everyone has their time, and it's a finite amount. When it's used up, it's gone. Time DOES NOT replenish! Every second that's gone is gone forever. It's NOT cheap! It's our very life itself tickling away and there's nothing we can do about this. No amount of fame will save you, no amount of money will buy you more. With every second of your life death comes closer. Time is the most valuable, most rare and precious ressource on earth. Cherish it. Soon it'll be gone and you can't know how much you're left. Could be years, could be days, could be seconds.
Bahahahaha....well, now Herschel can come back home to Texas, Oz can get back to New Jersey and we can pop some extra popcorn to watch the fiasco that has already begun with the Representative-elect from NY, George Santos. Let the games begin!
And it’s so much work, they’ll decompose and be gone in like a month chill
I've known people who have done this and also people who have divorced to get better Social Security and Medicare benefits. This system sucks..
Yeah well what do you expect from him, his ego and greed are the size of texas
National Populism is the correct term but their both Alabama cousins in terms of Ideology
Don't forget women's rights, anything involving the LGBTQ community, Black Lives Matter, vaccines, Dr.Fauci, "fake news", student loan debt forgiveness, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...
How about we keep god & Jesus far away from politics. Period. That's a whole other problem in this country. They shouldn't even be used in the same sentence together. Your religion is not my religion. Yet y'all force that s**t on us everyday. Then cry about gay people & CRT & groomers blah blah blah..... you demonize everyone & everything... including ppl who don't believe in your god... yet I don't try to force you not to believe in your sky daddy.... I don't hate ppl in the name of my religion. I don't want to strip ppl of rights in the name of my religion... y'all are literally the opposite of what you think you are.
bro, I'm a christian. christians are aok in my book. but the racist, homophobic, sexist ones that try to strip people of their rights? no way babes. how is that in any way what jesus taught. I say yeet those crappucinos to the moon
The Wealthy are Criminals and shames but they could be reformed by the Sweat on their brow and Ache in their Backs
It is absolutely pathetic what the Supreme Court has done. We need term limits.
Well, only half right. But in two years, that 527-vote margin might just go away. Then she can too.
Ha! This stupid, smug, son of a biitch baastard - hope he's choking on his crudite.
I'm a little puzzled by the title of this -- if you read the memes, they're beating up on 1)Christians, 2)white people (guys, predominantly) and 3) anyone who might agree with Republicans. How does this mean "insanely rich people??"
Someone didn't read the definition of "Billionaire" very closely, nor check the latest list of world's wealthiest.
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🎶Old Scroogey loves his money 'cause he thinks it gives him power/If he became a flavour you can bet it would be sour. There goes Mr Skinflint, there goes Mr Greed/The undisputed master of the underhanded deed. He charges folks a fortune for his dark and draughty houses/Us poor folk live in misery/It's even worse for mouses! There goes Mr Heartless, there goes Mr Cruel/He never gives, he only takes, he lets his hunger rule/If being mean's a way of life you practise and rehearse, then all that work is paying off - 'cause Scrooge is getting worse!🎶
Dickens knew what was going on. Unions pulled us out of this but now we're heading back into it.
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I'm a little puzzled by the title of this -- if you read the memes, they're beating up on 1)Christians, 2)white people (guys, predominantly) and 3) anyone who might agree with Republicans. How does this mean "insanely rich people??"
Someone didn't read the definition of "Billionaire" very closely, nor check the latest list of world's wealthiest.
Load More Replies... 🎶Old Scroogey loves his money 'cause he thinks it gives him power/If he became a flavour you can bet it would be sour. There goes Mr Skinflint, there goes Mr Greed/The undisputed master of the underhanded deed. He charges folks a fortune for his dark and draughty houses/Us poor folk live in misery/It's even worse for mouses! There goes Mr Heartless, there goes Mr Cruel/He never gives, he only takes, he lets his hunger rule/If being mean's a way of life you practise and rehearse, then all that work is paying off - 'cause Scrooge is getting worse!🎶
Dickens knew what was going on. Unions pulled us out of this but now we're heading back into it.
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