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    122 years ago

    He need to have “I am a rich asshole” embossed on diamond plate and riveted to his freaking forehead

  • @[email protected]
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    152 years ago

    I guess someone got uncomfortably close to him and told him in no uncertain words what would/could happen to him and no amount of €€€ would protect him if he didn’t cut it out

    • @[email protected]
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      272 years ago

      At that point it’s just self defense to murder those who would see your family starve.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      More likely his board of directors told him that his comments were harming stock value and pissing off shareholders.

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    Must be a bogan. Bogans are the worst. Disgusting dirty thieves.

    If you ever come to Australia, watch out for these bogans. Record them coz I am telling you they will steal whatever they see. Worst people ever!!!

    For those who dont know bogans, here’s one for ya.

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    Classic backtrack by a wholesale narcissist, Marie Antoinette wannabe, whose voicing of their unfiltered thoughts have damaged their profit outlook.

    Minerals Council of Australia chairman Andrew Michelmore - had defended him. “Employees have got used to earning the same amount of money but not putting in the same hours”

    “We destroyed economic mobility, the social contract, and the planet. Pray we don’t destroy it any further”

    I expect no less from the oligarchy, especially a fossil fuel oligarch. Remember, these are the sociopaths who own our lives, from corporations to regulators and governments, and are accelerating the destruction of our planet.

    They are telling you what they think of the 99+%. You are not a person. You are cattle to fuel their wealth until you can be replaced or discarded for profit. You only exist to generate their wealth and fuel their excess to greater heights. Their only god is greed. They will not think twice about letting you die if it means more resources and power for themselves; many of them would choose to pull the trigger on mass murder than ever redistributing their wealth.

    Believe them when they tell you who they are.

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      492 years ago

      Marie Antoinette was way more of a sympathetic character than this asshole. At least in her case you could explain it away with her being young and sheltered.

      • chaogomu
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        Also, the “let them eat cake” line was said by someone else and then falsely attributed to her after her execution.

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    I hope everything he eats for the rest of his life has spit in it.

    • dirtypirate
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      I blame the help, they feed this man, they protect this man while he sleeps, they raise his offspring, theirs is the corruption the keeps this system in place.

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        You should become the help and “solve” this then. Show them how it’s done.

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        While I agree with the statement, the help are likely wage slaves like us, they may not have better options.

        Hard to tell someone to uphold moral values if it means NOT serving this moneycunt, but being poorer in the process.

        That said after this little outburst, of his I hope they start looking for better options…

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    Hes not sorry for what he said. Hes sorry that it went viral and people called him out.

    Fuck this guy.

    Seasick Steve has a lyric in the song “Last Po’ Man” where he says “Never met a rich man that I liked” and the more I read about billionaires, the more it seems he was right lol.

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      62 years ago

      I fucking love seasick steve, nobody seems to know about him.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 years ago

        He’s amazing and his McGyvered post-apocalyptic homemade string instruments are beautiful.

        • YeetPics
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          I didn’t know he made his own equipment! That’s so damn cool

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        I first heard his music on Jools Holland’s Big Hootenanny which is a New Years Eve show on BBC that my family watch.

        This was about 10 years ago, I’ve been listening since.

  • Andy
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    I think the news story is not that Tm Gurner apologized, it’s that Tim Gurner encountered enough backlash that he felt it necessary to pretend to apologize.

    We all know that his apology isn’t a sincere recognition of a wrong attitude, or a commitment to change. But it IS noteworthy that he apparently misjudged the public sentiment. What does this tell us? We can say that he probably doesn’t give a shit if a bunch of nobodies on Twitter call him a piece of shit. He knew and expected that when he said those things. What changed?

    It’s not really clear from the article, but my guess is that something almost inconvenienced him. Perhaps he was told that he would be uninvited to some summit where he’s on a panel. Whatever got to him, I’d like to know so we can do more of it. It warms my heart to imagine how seething mad he was when he grit his teeth and yielded to the reality that this power dynamic is not exclusively one sided as he so badly believes it should be.

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      This has been my takeaway with a lot of news the last year or two. As depressing as the headlines have been, I’m starting to see an underline shift in public perception. There’s a growing fear in the politicians, celebrities, and billionaires at the top that once thought they were untouchable. They’re not the idols they used to be.

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    “Sorry all you poors don’t like what I said about how you’re getting a little uppity, and you deserve to be homeless if you don’t like the pittance I offer you.” Sure bud, I totally believe you’re super duper sorry about being a complete piece of shit. After all, a couple of days is surely enough time to totally reevaluate your worldview and grow the part of the brain that creates empathy.

    Fuck this guy. I hope he gets eaten by a dropbear.

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      62 years ago

      Got one better… take this choad and Money Monster Jim Cramer, shove them in a industrial washing machine with a few dozen bowling balls and put it on ‘gentle cycle’. A few hours kissing Bakelite might give these two what they surely lack, empathy for the suffering of others

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    912 years ago

    That wasn’t an apology. He believes people are slaves, the only thing he regrets is getting caught on video saying it out loud.