Many of the chronically online social media poster (read: western professional class) are closer to the CEO than they are to any other group. The temporarily embarrassed millionaires as they're also known.

Statistically a not insignificant number of them are millionaires by net worth. Especially when we consider demographics where it's mainly tech workers. But of course that doesn't count because of some indeterminate line between evil CEO and average Joe who worked hard.

The cognitive dissonance is that they're all part of the same system. Climbing the same ladder. In any other context these people are bragging about being executive of some random startup or whatever.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

They're not, they just think they are. They're every bit as oppressed and the sharing of the imperial spoils hasn't been a thing since at least the fall of the USSR, once there was literally no alternative. Now there is an alternative but the population has been so thoroughly propagandized that you mention any enemy of the State Dept and they start frothing at the mouth.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu -4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Non-westerners' view on what life is like here always amaze me. Then they complain they're not rich besides earning "a lot", because they're fed the propaganda that we're all dirty imperialists exploiting them. No, most of us are not millionaires. Most of us can't even buy a place to live without enslaving ourselves for half our life to bankers. But OK buddy

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Which is why the rest of us is confused about why most of y'all so rabidly do the propaganda work for your oppressors. Y'all consistently get to the line of class consciousness and then do a 180 and sprint in the opposite direction whenever it concerns foreigners.

[–] forgotmylastusername@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am a westerner. No other comment. You've already made up your mind. And I can't be assed to talk over what ever incronguencies you have of mindset.

we’re all dirty imperialists exploiting them

Okay just one comment I'll have to withold else I'll probably get banned for insulting your intelligence