chonglibloodsport ,

Too broad. Wealth hoarder describes everyone with a mortgage as well as grandma Sally and her pension plan. Anyone who saves for retirement is a wealth hoarder.

explodicle ,

It's not hoarding if it's only a little. Everyone who actually earned it themselves through wage labor is not hoarding.

chonglibloodsport ,

There are millions of people in the U.S. whose wealth comes from the increase in the property value of their family home. This is unearned wealth.

Of course, you’ll have a hard time convincing most people of that last bit. Which is why billionaires are the more popular enemy rather than the middle class.

Asafum ,

And I fucking hate it. It just incentivizes not allowing more housing for those that need it because MuH PrOpErTy VaLuE!!

Fucking greed everywhere...

explodicle ,

What if you just save money for retirement, not property?

chonglibloodsport ,

You mean by investing the stock market? Or literal cash under the mattress?

explodicle ,

Literal cash under mattress

chonglibloodsport ,

Why not do that? Because of inflation, you lose money doing that. It’s the last resort of someone who has no other options for saving their money, such as low level drug dealers.

CableMonster ,

You guys should put in this much effort and hate to the government. Billionaires play very little role in my life, but the government is in every aspect, but for some reason we are focusing on them.

BobGnarley ,

For real lol just a nice diversion to distract everyone from the real problem.

Leviathan ,

The government is directly controlled by their individual billionaires.

CableMonster ,

I somewhat agree, but the influence on the government spans much more than billionaires. The powerful do control much of the government, but its also a bunch of assholes that abuse their power.

Routhinator ,
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They are paid to abuse that power, by the billionaires. The billionaires also pay them to keep folks fighting over any topic that keeps the people away from realizing what they are up to. Usually most of the more ridiculous claims from folks at outlets like Fox come right before billionaires cram themselves a tax break into an omnibus bill or repeal some fundamental human right or cut critical parts of your social services and supports.

CableMonster ,

I agree but its more than just the billionaires. For instance where I live there are no billionaires and the government is still the biggest thorn in my side.

Leviathan ,

Where do you live?

CableMonster ,

Idaho. How about you?

EarthShipTechIntern ,

I was thinking nigglers.

Cause they're niggling us all

More from oil! More from groceries! More work for less pay!

Endlessly niggling every aspect of our lives

herrcaptain ,

I see where you're coming from but that feels dangerously close to a certain other word I'd rather not use. I'm also not sure of the etemology of that word, but I wouldn't be shocked to find out it has something in common with the other one.

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