Just because they shit on a bigger piece of shit doesn’t excuse all the shit they’ve dumped on regular people.
Why should we feel sorry or empathy for the rich when they get scammed? Shouldn't we be holding these scammers parades?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
For the first time in my life, I have the sudden urge to listen to dave matthews band.
Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Instead of listening to them just steal a tour bus and dump the septic tank off the nearest bridge.
Cheese_man@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are they scamming the rich to help the poor? I don’t have any sympathy for rich people falling victim to scams, but I wouldn’t throw a parade for someone who just did something selfish.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is a slippery hill into those pedo hunter groups where people just want a reason to abuse someone else and be glorified for it
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I woulda said the slope leads to some “who watches the Watchmen” type shit
Patnou@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was thinking more like someone who electonically robs Meryl Lynch or something. and take that money and donates it to a bunch of charities. Not just the write off charities corporations use.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It may start off that way but you’ll quickly have copy cats with less than noble intentions
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because if these rich can get scammed, your lovely retired grandparents/parents can get scammed too, and have no way of making that money back. They might literally have their lives ended early by scammed reducing their quality of living.
Rich =/= evil
mosaic09@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
when they’re rich beyond a certain extent, they must be evil, because the way to amass such wealth would not be through honest labour. But otherwise I take your point
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even if it’s true that the largest wealthy are only amassed through evil and dishonest deeds, it is also true that aome people come into their wealth via inheritance, and some genuinely have no idea what their relatives did to produce that generous inheritance.
Therefore at least some inheritors of great wealth are not evil.
Marxism is a valuable method of analysing the world but it should be used with added nuance - in conjunction with other philosophies for instance.
the_q@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
We shouldn’t. They don’t live in our reality therefore they don’t receive the benefits of said reality.
Steve@communick.news 2 weeks ago
Why shouldn’t we?
Is understanding another’s point of view ever a bad thing?
Does feeling sorry for a scam victim mean we can’t feel proud for the scammer?
Do feelings and emotions need to be bound by logic?
Do we not experience conflicting emotions, simultaneously?Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
the scammers are more likely target less “fortunate” people after they are done with the rich ones. its just the rich one has more money, so they are a easy target. they are pretty indiscriminate
Binturong@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
No. Jail the scammers, and tax the wealth. What do you think the scammers want to do with the money they fleece? Good? Hell no, they want to be the next rich guy refusing to reinvest in the society they benefit from existing in.
Law matters, if you let scammers scam those you deem justifiable you open the door to them scamming everyone else, including those you would judge unworthy of victimization. In the same respect you must punish financial crime when it occurs or you get… well… this. This is why people talk about justice being blind and not picking favorites, and why it’s an affront to moral law that we punish petty crime more severely than mass social violence committed by super rich corporations for profit. At least in today’s America, as long as you are making a healthy buck in it, it’s not a crime.
BaraCoded@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
We do that on the Saint Luigi. It’s like St Patrick’s day, but with the color red, to evoke the blood of CEOs and billionnaires.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why do you think it’s only the rich?
daggermoon@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
What happened?
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think this is just in response to a post that was posted earlier about the same topic; it was either a meme (e.g lemmyshitpost) or an “unpopular opinions,” i can’t remember which.
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You shouldn’t.
kungen@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
Sympathy? No. But no parades either, because most bad actions are still bad, even if that particular victim deserved it.