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Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast
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this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025
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That's cool that you believe that edgelord shit, but around here we don't endorse killing children for lemmy karma upvotes. Take that shit elsewhere.
Edit: and to all you downvoting because you agree with edgelord krono here: walk your talk. Give me your PayPal. I'll wire you any money you need to accomplish your edgy online takes. I want to see how brave you are pointing a gun to an innocents child's face.
Fucking scum.
Edginess has nothing to do with it. Valuing one innocent life over the millions of other innocent lives, if that's the only realistic choice, is antisocial and selfish, and in reality makes someone responsible for the suffering of millions. It's a horrible hypothetical, one which hopefully never comes up again in history, and one which is unlikely to manifest in reality, but one where the outcomes are as clear as day.
I say 'again in history' because this is similar to the dilemma facing revolutions which rose against monarchy, where killing the royal children would prevent monarchists from trying to violently reinstate the monarchy with a war that would kill even more people. (I don't mean this to suggest nepo babies are inevitably going to follow their parent, even Elon's own supplies a counter-example)
In a lecture hall of a philosophy class? Sure. It's the trolley problem. Big deal?
On an online forum call to action it's just an edgelord trying to meme their way into a conversation because they have nothing else to contribute.
stfu
No u