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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So just out of abstract curiosity, where can one acquire these cards?

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

CEOs are all the rage these days, but hear me out here - shareholders?

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

I agree... What is it like 10% own 90% of the stock market, 1% own 50% or something like that? Major shareholders are the real evil oligarchy... CEOs are just shills they hire to take the bullet, same as politicians but paid better... I'd love to see some playing cards for the real oligarchy... But it's pretty hard to really track them because they hide behind corporations and shit

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

Really just anyone with a certain amount of wealth should be forced to redistribute that wealth or face dire consequences.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Blackcock and BJ Hornan!

[–] arararagi@ani.social 5 points 6 days ago

Their class is united, it's why they win.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

See who you are not allowed to criticise and you will see who rules you.

[–] Korkki@lemmy.world 294 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Really highlights the fact that any free speech and naive western sense of freedom in these walled garden is just a button press away from being taken away and that there are no rules or standards. Whenever the owners or their friends feel even slightly displeased, annoyed or god forbid afraid the masks go off and the hammer falls.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 113 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Protocols not platforms are the future.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 133 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Sadly look at email. Technically you can host it yourself but if you're not one of the 15 or so big providers, good luck not being marked as spam before you even do anything.

The real problem is with the oligarchy controlling everything, service or protocol. This is why Threads was/is dangerous.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That is definitely a good point.

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[–] Badland9085@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Somewhat unfair judgement against emails IMO, especially cause it’s the “trust list” that’s in the control of a few, with no open manner to add more people to the trust list. The protocol isn’t at fault for failing to prevent problems; it’s the ability for corporations to gain significant market share without control, before they are then allowed to put barriers down to disallow or discourage interaction between those in and out, forcing those within to stay in, while those outside to give up on others in order to gain usability.

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They've been getting away with their class-war for so long any deviation from norms is alarming. Usually we just talk about black vs white, right vs left, etc.

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is a fair point. I've said it to numerous people talking about this subject: Americans are the most propaganda inundated people on the planet. There's some quote about about how in China people know to not believe in the gov propaganda and here it's just called the news lmao

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, North Korea exists. But yeah, Americans are extremely propagandized.

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 0 points 6 days ago

Lol tru you right. To be fair we did bomb like 95% of their structures to the ground.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 156 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Here's an image of the playing cards, for anyone who just came to the comments.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

With the target on the back, no shit this was removed lmao

[–] addie@feddit.uk 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Having the suit one corner and the rank in the other is going to make these a bastard to play games with. How would you hold them in your hand so's that you can see both?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe the user was banned because of bad design?

Yeah, at first I thought he was copying the format from Iraq but nope:

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[–] Metz@lemmy.world 116 points 1 week ago

No idea why nobody linked it yet, but you can buy them here: https://www.comradeworkwear.com/products/the-playing-cards

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly? That very much feels like a "fuck around and find out" situation and a GREAT way to piss off rich people in the event someone else gets blue shelled.

Also: Free speech doesn't apply to social media. You can and will be banned for no reason other than someone with the power was bored.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago

Oh man blue shelled is perfect

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thankfully no one cares when Forbes posts their hit list every year.

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Man, there's way more than 52.

He's gonna need a Magic: The Gathering like system for all those fuckers.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, but I don’t think you’d even need to take out 52. After the first dozen or so, they’ll be more inclined to surrender their wealth and get off the list.

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The fucking banks refused to let him take payments.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

They'll do that at the drop of a hat these days. It's been a slippery slope since WikiLeaks.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

That's fucking bullshit.

Another reason why crypto is the future: to free us from the control of banks.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think the cards are hilarious but they have something the other referenced sets (Iraqi, COVID) do not: silhouette targets on the back.

I am by no means defending their removal but cards but maybe don't give them a plausible excuse to remove them by implying that these cards are for shooting??

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

if they didn't want to feel threatened then they shouldn't run their businesses so provocatively.

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[–] don@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, platforms (unless otherwise specified) are for-profit. Anything that would impede their profit stream is naturally going to be censored so that profit can continue uninterrupted.

Can’t have some idiot poor going around making richoids uncomfortable, they’d just pull their money, and that would mean less money going to the platforms.

Step 1: profit. Step 2: profit. All other steps: profit. EZPZ

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[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So where can these be purchased rn? I got crypto

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The site comrade workwear opens with them on the front page, i was curious what type of workwear they had after this article.

I'm looking for a replacement for dickies and another one, their quality has been absolute ass lately. €100 work jeans that get holes in them in a matter of days, those are not work jeans anymore.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've got some Ariat jeans that are tough.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I like the pockets from most work pants and hammer hook.

I had some good experience with Jobman 2200 pants, but the last 2 that i bought gave me a similar experience to the Dickies.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm looking for a replacement for dickies

Maybe check out Duluth Trading Company?

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Aw heck, American website?

It won't allow me to open it, which has been happening more often with American sites lately.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Ah, sorry, I was myopic in my response. Hopefully you find something good soon.

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[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 week ago

Just highlights once more that we are ruled and suppressed by the rich.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago

Damn I would buy those too

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Oof, the back of those cards is designed as a shooting target. So much for plausible deniability.

Probably technically falls under free speech regardless.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No different from the dozens of other targets made as targets with the face of political figures centered as the bullseye, imo. If one is fine, it's all fine.

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