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Billionaires at Trump's Swearing-In Have Since Lost $209 Billion (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who were the people pushing for 401ks instead of pensions again?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've no idea? I have no choice in the matter either way. I'm just watching Trump destroy my future and seeing it cheered because it supposedly also hurts billionaires (it doesn't)

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the billionaire business owners. They want you to have a false class solidarity with them given your pittance fraction of the market, while giving their own assets higher valuations.

You're getting screwed, don't get me wrong, but there's a reason why.

This is also a response from a place of powerlessness. You can't blame people for enjoying the tiniest fraction of schadenfreude when they're getting constantly fucked by this system.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I understand that today's retirement accounts save these assholes money. I happen to work non profit but they influenced society such that 403b is basically the same.

I would agree with you about the schadenfreude, but it's not real. I have health and mental issues that could be greatly relieved by working 5 less years of my life. To these fucks, losing 20 billion dollars is nothing but a dick size thing. They don't have to worry at all and they don't have to work at all to begin with

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's not just about saving them money. It's about breaking working class solidarity by forcing our interests to align with theirs.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

OH OH, ME, PICK ME! Was it Republicans and business owners?!