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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It happens on Lemmy, as well. I have seen posts removed according to a "rule x", where "rule x" when the post didn't go anywhere near "rule x". I just left the community, even if those posts weren't mine.

[–] Viking_Hippie -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

When the billionaire sister of Elaine Chao (wife of Moscow Mitch and nepotism hire in the Trump administration) drowned in a Tesla, I got banned for 3 days for "celebrating her death" even though I did no such thing:

The same mod banned 13 other people for the same thing in the same thread, even though only one or two of them had actually broken the rule.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why do you think so? I didn't break any rules and it's not like any of the people who know that billionaire leech on society (but I repeat myself) are going to go on Lemmy to see my joke 🤷

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wishing ill on someone purely because they're wealthy is gross, and also just plain cringe.

[–] Viking_Hippie 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

First of all, I didn't wish ill on anyone. I made a joke about it being unfair to connect an innocent non public person to Moscow Mitch, then pretended TP concede the point because of her billionaire status.

Secondly, being a billionaire isn't just "wealthy". It's a grotesque level of wealth hoarding that's impossible to achieve without abusing and/or severely depriving people who have done you no harm. THAT'S "plain cringe".

Pictured: what most people would consider a significant amount of money, what most people would consider a large enough net "worth" to be wealthy and a ridiculous dragon's hoard, respectively: