#the rich

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

#class war #class warfare #classism #capitalism #climate change #global warming #taylor swift #the rich #1%

[without-ado]

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

— Voltaire

#voltaire #philosophy #philosopher #politics #poverty #class #the rich #the poor #quotes #words #French #human rights

[guilty-feminist]

#guilty feminist #the guilty feminist #feminism #feminist #women’s rights #human rights #woman’s rights #uk politics #uk news #the enemy doesn’t arrive on boats #it arrives in limousines #the rich #equity #equality #poverty #refugees #the boats #scandal

[autumnsprophecy]

The poor have always been steps of a ladder in the eyes of the rich. Just another thing to step on in order to reach the top. They don't care if the step breaks or crumbles, as long as they can continue climbing. To them, nothing matters but themselves, and the others of their kind climbing the ladder. They race, and race, and race, climb, and climb, and climb, yet they will never reach the top. This is because there is no "top." There is no "winning." There is no glorious "prize". Even if they could climb for eternity without death or sleep, they would find no enlightenment. The higher the ladder takes them, the more the light of humanity fades behind them. They are the kings of dust, the harbingers of their own downfall. Their legacy is the crumbled steps in their wake, the stench of blood and poison gas.

#poetry #late stage capitalism #poems on tumblr #original poem #poem #the rich #poet #political poem #social issues #political #corporate greed

[pinkfrogbreathing]

"Boris Johnson committed a "clear and unambiguous breach" of the rules by taking a new job as a Daily Mail columnist, a government watchdog has said.

The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) on Tuesday wrote to the government and said there was urgent need for reform of the “good chaps” approach to ministerial jobs."

Boris Johnson’s Daily Mail column job was ‘clear breach’ of government rules | The Independent

Wow ... literally weeks after he was found to have repeatedly lied to Parliament! It's almost as if he is incapable of understanding that the rules apply to him!?!

#fuck boris johnson #uk politics #the rich

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"The only dangerous minority is the rich" Pasteups in NYC

— in NYC.

* * * *

"Courage, which we still believe to be indispensable for political action, and which Churchill once called “the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others,” does not gratify our individual sense of vitality but is demanded of us by the very nature of the public realm. For this world of ours, because it existed before us and is meant to outlast our lives in it, simply cannot afford to give primary concern to individual lives and the interests connected with them; as such the public realm stands in the sharpest possible contrast to our private domain, where, in the protection of family and home, everything serves and must serve the security of the life process. It requires courage even to leave the protective security of our four walls and enter the public realm, not because of particular dangers which may lie in wait for us, but because we have arrived in a realm where the concern for life has lost its validity. Courage liberates men from their worry about life for the freedom of the world. Courage is indispensable because in politics not life but the world is at stake."

Hannah Arendt, What is Freedom? 

(via ontologicalterrorist)

#graffitti #the rich #minorities #NYC #courage #Hannah Arendt #What Is Freedom? #ontologicalterrorist #quotes

[xlntwtch2]

#climate change #the rich

[stone-cold-groove]

Give the check to the boy, my good man - he’s a YouTuber.

#vintage illustration #vintage fashion #the rich

[lady-charinette]

The rich @ everyone: Look at all that I can do with my money! Look how many cool things I can do that YOU can't!

Titanic & other expensive dangerous shit: Bitch you THOUGHT

Also the rich: The risk I took wasn't calculated & I'm bad at math... wait, why am I sinking?

#titanic #the titanic #meme #the rich #listen this doesnt mean kill people for sport or that I think its neat that people in generel die due to their foolish mistakes #but it does reflect the neverending amount of arrogance and greed rich people have that makes them think they're all a cut above the rest #and then their problematic distribution and use of their vast resources just comes back to bite them in the ass and prove them wrong #like v from v for vendetta if he were a vengeful spirit who blows the rich's brains out every time they abuse the poor #dark humor #oceangate

[dreams-of-mutiny]

The State makes the laws Laws for the rich And enforces those laws To protect wealth The wealth of the rich

Capitalism is the engine The money making machine The dehumanizing apparatus The overflowing selfishness of a few The enslaver of humanity

Anarcho-capitalism is the lack of a State Where money is king And the rich make their own laws And the poor are screwed Just like today That companies are owners of the State They buy the politicians and the media (puppets) So that we cannot defend ourselves

Unless we riot hellishly (doesn't always work)

So capitalism is a living thing That resides in the human spirit The need for the accumulation of wealth and private property It is a parasite of humanity A parasite born of human selfishness

We don't have a system to administer and share wealth The system are the rich and powerful

We would have to be a kind of queen-less hive Superiorly organized and living in equilibrium with our world But monkeys cannot do that yet

Still I would like to believe that not all of us Suffer the same level of selfishness that the rich do

#text #capitalism #the rich #wealth #humanity #rebellion

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

#class war #class warfare #classism #capitalism #the rich #tax cuts

[andrewisdoing]

#things #not all #not mine #white supremacy #cis men #heterosexual #able bodied #the rich #privilege

[iwasateenageelf]

#class war #work #rich people #anarchism #the rich #money

[climatecalling]

Private jet travel is a luxury enjoyed by a small minority of people we call the ​“high flyers.” The profile of your typical private jet owner is a white male over the age of 50 with a median net worth of $190 million.

In our new report ​“High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up Our Planet,” we document how current U.S. policy incentivizes the use of private jets via handsome tax benefits to their owners, resulting in dire climate and economic consequences for the rest of us.

For example, the carbon footprint of a passenger on a private aircraft is 10 times greater than that of a traveler on a commercial flight. That’s part of the reason why just 1% of travelers are responsible for about half of all aviation carbon emissions.

As a result, a number of countries are in the process of drafting or implementing legislation that intends to limit private flights. France has even flirted with the idea of a total ban.

#climate crisis #private jets #aviation #the rich #flying

[dynamoe]

from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest

#flash #toff #sarcasm #tory party #the rich #league of extraordinary gentlemen #alan moore #comic book #comic panel #out of context

[katewillaert]

Remix of an old meme to make it more timeless and accurate.

#the rich #the economy #wage gap