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• theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, no. Kids want to be cool and respected, making it clear billionaires are hated will do so much more to wake them up

  And once a billionaire gives it all away to become just a normal person (with a few million in the bank as a safety net), we make them a hero

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• LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah the young people are laughing about this as much as anyone else.

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• Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Then I stepped back and gave them space to set [Suleman] up, because he really wanted to go,” she said."

  This is from the mom in a BBC article. And he was 19 not a kid.

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In older articles they stated he did not want to go and they never gave his age. Were they early attempts at propagandizing sympathy for the rich?

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• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, hating on the kid simply because his dad has money forces him into an us-vs-them situation. It does nothing to help.

  Not to mention it is exceedingly gross to cheer the death of someone just because their dad has money.

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