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[dinkblam]

it is easy to make the headlines by just telling people what they want to hear.

hard truths, not so much.

[psychoslave → dinkblam]

People can be envious of the richest percentile when they are simply richer.

They start to look at them with hate only when according to usual metrics, a few become ever more rich while most actually see their wealth level decrease whatever the legal path they take.

This is not good for anyone, because history show that the next expectable step is blood bath, be it through mass repression or cutting heads of the perceived most privileged, a mixture of both being the most likely option.

[jstarfish → psychoslave]

History might play out differently if the targets could escape to lunar habitats in their respective private rockets.

We're almost in James Bond supervillain territory.

[psychoslave → jstarfish]

https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/stats.php

Escaping on a private island, be it literally or more metaphorically, is still a far more realist option, and also a far more cozy one.

[js8 → dinkblam]

It is easy to make a comment. A comment with hard truths that could be upvoted, not so much.

[cableshaft → dinkblam]

> hard truths, not so much.

Thank you for knowing that everyone on the planet has identical ideas in mind of which hard truths you're referring to, and so it was unnecessary for you to specify them or provide evidence as to why they are hard truths.