Coming from two totally not-out-of-touch, not-rich guys

[u/jml510]

[u/Kataphractos]

"Guys, it's all about the class struggle between the middle class and the poor... Best to just ignore the rich, of course. We'll just let you two fight it out amongst yourselves..."

[u/IgnoreThisName72 → u/Kataphractos]

They want the poor and working class to blame the rich that they know: the doctors, lawyers, the educated who moved away, their neighbors and family who are doing better than they are.  

[u/TheloniousMonk15 → u/IgnoreThisName72]

Bingo. You nailed the current class divide dynamic better than anyone else I've ever seen on reddit.

Edit: I'll take it a step further though and say that there is also a huge divide now in people who subscribe to normal, rational thought and people who fall for misinformation and have conspiracy brain rot.

It really feels like people who believe in stuff that was once widely accepted like vaccines, science, American involvement in global affairs, and realizing that change happens incrementally are becoming outnumbered primarily due to the proliferation of social media and misinformation peddled by the likes of Joe Rogan.

[u/Politicsboringagain]

Aren't they the managerial class and are pushing policies to keep their power. 

[u/b_r_e_a_k_f_a_s_t → u/Politicsboringagain]

No they are the billionaire class. Vivek’s tweet is just trying to pit people who work in trades against people who work on laptops.

[u/MidoriOCD]

Cenk goons to this.

[u/PrincessofAldia → u/MidoriOCD]

No doubt

[u/wi_voter]

They want the anger to stay at the managerial class and not the ownership class

[u/NuclearWarOnPoverty]

Glad to hear from these two "everyday citizens" who are steering the populist revolution against the establishment.

As silly as it sounds, there is a reason why some people buy into this sort of nonsense. It is much easier to have contempt towards the people you interact with directly than those who are further away. The loan officer who denied your application is part of the Elite but Elon and Vivek are fighting for you!

[u/DarthRevan456]

I would say this is out of touch but there are shockingly too many people that are onboard with these basic sentiments being parroted by wannabe oligarchs

[u/alpacinohairline]

Republicans will never learn…

[u/Currymvp2]

Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Ramaswamy echoed those comments multiple times in 2023 and 2022.

[u/Beman21]

I don't know if anyone saw Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. But once you recognize that uber-rich people sell themselves as "disruptors" of the system they profit from to convince normal citizens they're somehow populist, everything about the scam makes a lot of sense.

[u/Devils_Advocate-69]

imagine these two dorks in high school.

[u/heelspider]

...and getting rid of an educated workforce will stick it to all those managers!

[u/vgaph]

Montgomery Burns thinks he’s fucking Zorro.

[u/erpenthusiast]

It is actually true, but that's because billionaires have great PR and your middle manager is someone you can see making the choices.

[u/YitzhakSG]

The fact they can't tell they aren't part of the everyday citizen side, says a lot.

[u/flairsupply]

Im sorry but how are two CEOs being now placed in a non-elected government agency NOT the 'managerial class'?

[u/westsider86]

Ah Yes the battle is between employees and their middle managers, not the board or investors who decide to slash jobs to increase stock prices.

[u/Hotel_Oblivion]

They are self-awarest of wolves.

[u/penguincheerleader]

Elon Musk endorses class warfare.

[u/Ryan_Jonathan_Martin]

"High-five bestie! We're so S-M-R-T (Stupid, Moronic, Recalcitrant Twits)"

[u/Plantsmantx]

Do these guys think they're effective bullshitters?

[u/Ayyleid]

Well they seemingly have some form of self-awareness, I will give them that.

[u/SquireJoh]

What does this have to do with Sanders spam? It was the lack of Sanders-style politics that got us here. If m4a was on the ballot, Harris wins, as the healthcare shooting just showed us