• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Luigi wasn’t lower class, tho? You could try to argue his family was middle class but even that’s a stretch, his grandfather donated a million dollars on a single event and Luigi attended both a Private High School where he was Valedictorian and he had a Masters Degree from Ivy League University of Pennsylvania.

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      You can be rich and still fight against an oligarchy. That’s why it’s class warfare. His actions line up with the poor fighting back against the rich using the same tools they use: murder.

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      There’s no higher, middle or lower class. Those are all lies from the owning class to divide the working class and it seems like they’re working on you.

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      He’s a class traitor, to our side. So a working class hero, as in a hero to the working class.

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      Worker class is the true unifier. You can be lower, mid, and upper worker class.

      If you have to work to live, you’re working class. If your employer controls a significant portion of your life and time, you’re working class.

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          Thompson’s net worth was estimated at approximately $42.9 million as of February 16, 2024

          His total compensation in 2022 was reported to be $9.86 million, comprising a base salary of $1 million, stock awards, option awards, and non-equity incentive plans.

          Thompson had “fuck you” money. The guy was at no risk of needing employment. Equating Thompson with the working class is a joke.

          Source: https://en.as.com/latest_news/what-was-brian-thompsons-net-worth-unitedhealthgroup-ceo-killed-in-manhattan-n/

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            And Luigi was carrying around more cash than most people his age have ever had in savings total.

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              And what good did that do him?

              It’s not about money, its about wealth. You could have all the money in the world but if you have all the debts to pay then it means nothing.

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                Pretty certain he had all his debts paid off, or at the very least more than enough money and power to do so.

                His parents own tons of real estate and his grandfather was even more loaded. In fact, I bet two semesters of his high school surpassed the cost of all of his out of pocket spinal surgery and care combined.

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      As I understand it his family owns multiple resorts and real estate and has multiple companies. Not really what I’d call lower class.