Starting to think affluenza might be a real thing.

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• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The problem with “affluenza” is that it is used to deflect responsibility from these capitalist monsters for their atrocities. Like it’s not an illness like influenza, you don’t just “catch” it and suffer the consequences through no fault of your own.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So what if it is?

    It doesn’t change the fact that they need to be involuntarily committed for rehabilitation and have their assets seized. For their health.

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    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Affluenza is a capitalist framing. We don’t need to capitulate to capitalist framings (not even the tiniest amount) to say that the capitalists need to have their assets seized and be involuntarily committed for rehabilitation 🙂.

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Think less illness and more…idk…corruption of the mind?

    Like we all know power corrupts people. But absolute power, extreme wealth? There’s gotta be an underlying spiral of mental health that allows these people to continue to function, and left unchecked leads to…well, extreme, unimaginable corruption.

    I find it hard to believe a bunch of pedophiles became the richest and most powerful people in the world. I find it much easier to believe a bunch of the richest and most powerful people in the world became pedophiles.

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    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Think less illness and more…idk…corruption of the mind?

      Yeah I’m with you, but I really think it’s crucial to make a distinction between framing it as an illness vs framing it as the logical conclusion of the capitalist mindset, for which we have thousands of pages of prior analysis to understand.

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    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think it’s less “power makes people unethical” and more “only unethical people get to be rich/powerful”. Correlation != causation

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  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    ₽$¥€opathy?

    Yeah, I know it’s an “E”uro, but it’s C-ish shaped. And using a sub denomination didn’t make ¢ents in context.

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    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean there are psychopaths out there who don’t do heinous things like these people. Like it would literally be ableist IMO to tar all psychopaths with the same brush as Epstein and company.

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  • rayyy@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s a definite, yes and no. People who gather around successful malignant narcissists, and profit from it, gradually assume those tenancies.

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• nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Financial obesity is neurotoxic.

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• Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Luckily, this administration has a cure! They’ve come out with a product called Briberia, which completely cures all side effects of affluenza.

  Side effects of Briberia include diarrhea, stomach pains, intense flatulence, and oily discharge. Consult your physician before starting Briberia.

  Get on with your life today!

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• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s not an illness, that’s just not being punished for one’s actions

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