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New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs
(www.theguardian.com)
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"Rich" isn't an immutable characteristic. Feel free to stop being rich before it is done for you.
you can still have bigotry with non immutable characteristics. ableism, fatphobia...
but here, I'll call it greedism where we hate the clinically greedy.
Racial slurs intrinsically target immutable characteristics. If you want to stop being the subject of racism you cannot simply change your race.
Conversely, however, if you wish to stop being the subject of critique from hoarding wealth you can simply change your wealth.
I am 100% in agreement, that any slurs towards the wealthy isn't a "racial slur".
Seems like my previous comment didn't make it clear enough, but I still think we need a slur for those cunts,.not a racial slur, but one nonetheless.
They are free to redistribute their stolen hoard if they don't want to be called by that slur.