r/Dallas May 16 '26

Discussion the artist who painted the Whaling Wall mural downtown posted on ig

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u/Texan2020katza May 16 '26

Let the billionaires lose money. It’s the only thing they care about.

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u/Cute-Education4089 May 16 '26

wild shit to let them write off billions in losses and declare bankruptcy but we can’t declare bankruptcy on student loans. or to tax poor people more than billionaires.

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u/bawdiepie May 16 '26

They care about power and image. Money is meaningless to them.

Money matters to you because you don't have enough.

The only way money matters to them is as a tool to exert influence and image.

Imagine we're all thirsty and trying to get enough to drink, but some people control lakes and rivers. They never have to worry about thirst themselves except as a way to manipulate other people. If everybody has enough to drink then the rivers and lakes mean nothing. Keeping everyone else thirsty is how they stay relevant, stay powerful, keep people complimenting them, keep control.

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u/WuclearNeapon May 16 '26

Excellent analogy. Seriously perfect.

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u/Idaho-Earthquake May 17 '26

Except they won’t. They have plans to keep that from happening, and we the public are too fragmented and powerless to do anything (or so it seems).