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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 120 points 2 months ago (3 children)

*and actively destroys/dismantles anything one could remotely be proud of having their tax money go to.

I'd gladly fund NASA and scientific research any day of the week, but nooooo gotta feed the poor poor billionaires.

[–] fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

but noooo gotta feed the poor

HUH?!

poor billionaires

Aaaahhhh.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I did the same thing at first. Did the half head tilt thing and didnt finish reading and was like, uhm, am I readinnn that right? Oh.

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[–] AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

My republican coworkers are complaining about NASA because they always flake when buying our products (we sell electronic stuff to defense related military contractors) because they don't have enough budget.

Fucking idiots don't realize that their political party doesn't even want a NASA

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Okay but we all get that Douglas was the bad guy, right? OP??

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

He is bad guy, but he is not bad guy

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was pretty alright when he killed that nazi

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[–] ratel@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

Oh damn, I've never seen this thanks for linking.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 33 points 2 months ago (5 children)
  • issuing currency
  • collecting taxes
  • suppressing evidence of child sex trafficking

One of these things is so outrageously unlike the others that it makes me kinda sus of whoever decided to put them all in the same list

[–] corvidenjoyer@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

amerikkka

*Corrupt Government

*Has the ability to print money out of thin air with no downside.

*Forces you pay taxes anyway making you technically complicit in its crimes.

*Uses Its infinite wealth and power to openly protect child predators instead of something good because it is a corrupt government. (The most recent thing in the news cycle)

Interesting how all these things line up together when you don't abstract these things into nothingness. It makes me very sus of the person who decide to reword these so they don't fit on the same list. suswcc

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

No disagreement on the corruption, coercion, or economic exploitation.

Nor that there’s a straight line from their ability to manipulate the economic and legal systems… directly to their ability to evade justice for the worst crimes imaginable.

My concern is:

Tech libertarians using a (nearly-) universally-acknowledged and reviled scourge as a pretense to post in progressive spaces and sneak in neo-metallist sentiments like “taxation is theft” and “money-printing is fraud”.

I’m not saying OP or even OOP is one, for sure. But the meme does advance their narrative.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

A charitable interpretation of "printing money out of thin air" is how they bail out corporations and landlords. Why even save if the game is so obviously rigged?

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[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

Love my taxes going to committing genocide and protecting Israel

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My city can’t afford housing or transit but just spent $150 million building a stadium for live nation. Free taxpayer funded stadiums for corporations to profit from, yay!

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

"Live Nation Entertainment is composed of Live Nation, an events promoter and venue operator, and Ticketmaster, a ticket sales giant. The two companies merged in 2010 and now control an estimated 70% of the ticketing and live event venues market."

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago

"You forgot your briefcase!"

[–] groolthedemon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast....

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

That's it, I'm walking directly home in a straight line

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

And now your going to die wearing that stupid little hat

[–] Mniot@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

If you were part of the billionaire class, you'd be paying less. Sucker.

[–] obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

I can hear Iron Maiden's 'Man on the Edge' music.

[–] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

I'd be happy paying taxes if they went to social works and infrastructure and whatnot, but yeah.

Now let's talk about spending 60-80% of my remaining income on rent

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

D-FENS is so aspirational especially the part where he stands up to the brown people and foreigners and then

spoilertries to murder suicide his daughter on her birthday

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 2 months ago

The world desperately needs more Luigis.

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