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  • It sounds to me like you’re deliberately misinterpreting what goes on in these comics to suit your narrative.

    There’s 1 altruistic billionaire and he often is at odds with other rich people, Lex Luthor being the most obvious example. I’d wager that more often than not the wealthy people in Batman stories are portrayed negatively or “above it all” while Batman is going down to the street level to address issues. He’s an oddity, not the norm. The criminals are not banding together to take down Bruce Wayne (usually), they’re banding together to take down Batman, because he opposes their criminal schemes. It’s not about his wealth.






  • When people (who aren’t already filthy rich, anyway) get money, they spend it, strengthening the economy as a whole and benefiting everyone but the filthy rich.

    No… when people spend it that money just goes right back to the top. None of it passes through our hands. I don’t get paid more when the company I work for does better. Products don’t get cheaper when costs go down. They continue to squeeze us for everything they can. So when only one group can afford these now increased prices everyone else gets fucked. Yeah, rich people are the problem but picking and choosing who gets handouts is not the solution.


  • Your problem is essential “if things get better for other people that’ll be bad for me.”

    Yes, that’s correct and I’m hardly the only person without student loans it would be bad for. Why do only people with student loan debts deserve help? Why not give everyone a flat 50/100/whatever thousand dollars and let us do with it what we will. I could solve a lot of problems for myself if I had all the money I spent on college back.

    The problem here isn’t student loan forgiveness; it’s the housing market being out of whack.

    Yes, and I haven’t heard anyone put forth any kind of solution for that.






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    I just want the playing field to be level, I prioritized paying my loans off instead of buying a home when that would have actually been affordable. Now that money is gone and the housing market has blown up so much that I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to afford it. If all the people currently paying their loans suddenly get the slate cleared it will create even more competition for homes and my situation will be even worse. Reimburse me for mine and I’ll shut the fuck up about it.