Comment on CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 days agoThe short version is that the ultra wealthy were pissed about the New Deal, so they used fundamentalist Christianity to tie the idea of wealth to holy favor from Yahweh.
That concept existed WAY before the United State did.
The old idea was kings were rich because they were ordained to be kings by god. Questioning why the king was rich was questioning the word of god and punishable by death.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Sure, but why it exists today in the US is a direct result of the robber barons’ influence in the early 1900s. The core idea isn’t new, but this instance is.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Early colonized America used slave labor by racist christians. Those racist christians said they were supposed to be rich suppose to be rich because god made them that way. That predates the robber barons of the early 1900s.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Great, congrats. You are today’s biggest pedant. Here’s your prize.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m not looking for pedantry. I’m looking for clarity. You eluded to a specific action by robber barons in the 1900s. I’m looking for what that is because I’m seeing that idea predate them.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 day ago
after decimating the indigenous americans that have been here more than 10k years.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No argument on the truthfulness of your statement, but I’m not sure what that has to do with the premise of society enforcing the thought that the rich are rich because of god.