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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 day agoI think maybe the point about the Kid is being missed. . Mmmmmm
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
“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.
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?
Nah the young people are laughing about this as much as anyone else.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 6 hours 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.