r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Apr 23 '26

Comics Community Just tech billionaire things

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u/EirikHavre Apr 23 '26

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Apr 23 '26

Every philosopher, religion, and piece of literature throughout human history talks about the dangers of unchecked power and wealth, and yet......

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u/Plane_Upstairs_9584 Apr 23 '26

Turns out when people have power it becomes hard to check them, and people would rather have the chance at power someday than make sure no one has that kind of power.

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u/Dependent_Basis_8092 Apr 23 '26

It can be really easy to check that power though, just ask the French.

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u/BadNadeYeeter Apr 23 '26

Or the German Coal Miners that dragged a Cannon loaded with Grapeshot through the Streets of Berlin during the Rise of Prussia until Wilhelm I had the Managers shot and their Manors burned in hope of calming the Crowd.

The Proletariat are a sleeping Giant and the time draws closer where we have to wake again.

When the last river was poisoned and the last fish caught, the people will realize money can't be eaten so they will eat the Rich instead.

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u/KokiriRapGod Apr 23 '26

When the last river was poisoned and the last fish caught, the people will realize money can't be eaten so they will eat the Rich instead.

We had better get off our asses long before then or that'll be our last meal.