Temporarily embarrassed millionaires

My husband and I own a house, but I'd give it up in a second for living in an apartment, if it meant housing for all

I'd wait in longer lines for healthcare, if it meant healthcare for all

I'd eat foods I don't much care for, if it meant food for all

I'd wait at a bus depot or train station, if it meant equitable transportation and saving the planet

It's hard for me to fathom that there are people who wouldn't do the same, who are willing to let others suffer for the tiniest bit of potential luxury

And before someone comes in with "lOoK wHaT a GoOd PeRsOn YoU aRe," I'm really not. It doesn't take a good person to not wish suffering on others.

It's not that nobody deserves a yacht, it's that capitisim gives yachts to the wrong people. My middle school librarian deserves a yacht, my 9th grade science teacher deserves a yacht, Jefferson Bezoar does not deserve a yacht.

I think it's really "why should they get a thing for free that I've been working so hard for?" while they should be asking "why do I have to work so hard just to afford a decent place to live?"

"I AM A MILLIONAIRE, I AM A MILLIONAIRE, I AM-"

[smash cut to an apartment like mine that leaks when it rains too hard]

an old client always said:

"i'm working on my second million..."

....

"i gave up on the first one."

Would love to own a yacht but only if I had enough money to pay people to do maintenance. Owning even a much smaller boat is fucking annoying.

The original quote is "Temporarily embarrassed capitalists," which I think says a lot more about where we are.

Woah hold on there, it's not like the Bible (that they point to as the source of authority e.g. that is why what Israel does is "good") says "the worker deserves their wages", or "treat the immigrant and poor among you as your own", or "whatsoever you do to the least of these, it's like you are doing it directly to me", or even more foundational basics like "show kindness to people"... right?

The effects of brainwashing are quite strong. We need to find a way to get even stronger if we want to overcome.

Relevant Innuendo Studios: https://youtu.be/agzNANfNlTs

I don't agree with the statement that no one deserves a yacht. Luxury goods should be available to people whose labor contributes massively to the benefit of society. My main concern is that the only people who are buying yachts overwhelmingly afford so through nothing but exploitation and rigging.

Yeah because I’d like to continue my $40k lifestyle instead of being forced to starve in a communist utopia.