That’s not a good argument, most of them ARE born into it.
Comment on New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs
ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Rich is not a race. It’s not a characteristic that you’re born with.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 5 days ago
NABDad@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The worst often are born with it.
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
But it’s a mutable attribute
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I can see if we make this argument, they will then say the same thing about being poor. And then take it further to say the poor should not be a protected class and therefore should not receive extra benefits. (I know this is not what protected class typically refers to, but I can see them making these arguments.)
4am@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
No need to hypothesize, they’ve been doing this since the New Deal