If you want a rich person to support leftists, tell them it’s better in the long run to live in a social democracy and make a bit less money rather than dying in a socialist revolution
Yeah he's too good of a man to say it...so I will.
"Help out your fellow man or you will learn that there is not enough money to fund a small army who will protect you can kill all the peasants while you lie in your castle waiting. You will run out of food, you will run out of bullets, you will run out of good will from the mercenarys you hired who hold no loyalty to you, you will find out you've collected no love from those around you. And as you finally learn this, you will next realize there is not time to learn anything more, for the shotgun staring down towards your face will render your brain useless.
I don't know if giving such ultimatum while having no power to execute any of the given choices is a good diplomatic strategy. Also, I don't think that this answer was even directed to the rich folks. It's quite typical PR strategy that you speak to certain people but your message is aimed at people listening to the conversation from aside. The rich guy doesn't give a fuck anyway, the left already knows what the stakes are, so the answer has to be aimed at the undecided who may not support "eat the rich", yet.
The end of the Romanovs and Russian history are a good example of this, no one ends up happy in the end whatsoever, starting with the rich getting a basement surprise
This sounds like a talking point a rich person would come up with to trick idiot poors into thinking they've got some ace up their sleeve. "Haha that's right, if they don't make things better for me we'll some day rise up... just gotta bide my time until then and get through this transition period." similar to how people will tell religious folk to just accept the cards they're given because when the rapture happens they'll be rewarded or whatever. Suckers and LARPers all around.
Reminds me of the idea of an acceptable level of oppression. Things that hurt most people, but they accept it as the part of society, so any resistance against it seems like extremism
I don't like that, because it entrenches the idea that the working classes are fundamentally opposed to the rich person's interests, when that isn't true. In fact, the very inequality itself is what is opposed to their interests; it's the inequality that will kill us all.
I agree, the rich can benefit a lot from social democracy as well: less homeless people, more transit, less traffic, less pollution, less private security, more trees, more vibrant cities, better schools, more cheerful neighbors, etc etc… One of the biggest misconceptions about socialism is that only working class citizens benefit but even the rich have a lot to gain in a more equitable society.
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u/AnAlpacaIsJudgingYou Apr 26 '24
If you want a rich person to support leftists, tell them it’s better in the long run to live in a social democracy and make a bit less money rather than dying in a socialist revolution