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Edited to add - To be clear for anyone, it's Oligarchs/Billionaires paired with rampant, unfettered corporate greed. (at least in my view)

Someone reminded me that I was using dogwhistle parlance in my use of they which may have suggested otherwise.

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[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 26 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I know this isn't what you intended, but you gotta be careful on the Internet saying 'guess who 'they' are', cos a lotta places on the Internet ask this and the answer is supposed to be 'jews'

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, that's a great point that I hadn't considered.

To be clear for anyone, it's Oligarchs/Billionaires paired with rampant, unfettered corporate greed. (at least in my view)

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

I thought you just meant capitalists in general, TBH.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was the lizard people?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What did you think that was a euphemism for?

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

The illuminati?

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Is this seriously a euphemism for Jewish people? I thought it was just a funny conspiracy theory.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

It's both, depending on the specific conspiracy theorists.

Just like not all "infowarriors" know that "the globalists" means "the Jews" and "populist" means "rich, white, racist" in the code of Alex Jones.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

And what does "frogs" and "gay" mean in the code of Alex Jones?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Literally "frogs changing gender" but basically it's a pretense for homophobia and "globalist" scaremongering.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I wasn't actually sure when i wrote it (it just sounded "truthy"), but I just checked and found this:

Some adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory have also borrowed from the reptilian conspiracy theory, including elements shared in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah I can't think what else OP could mean though? All the other answers I can think of are too broad and obvious for "three guesses" to be a thing you'd ask.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

3 guesses: Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Honestly, I thought OP meant billionaires/capitalists. Jews did not even cross my mind.

Edit: clarity

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Right, but saying "three guesses" implies that the answer is something that's slightly hidden. "Capitalists" doesn't really make sense because it's essentially going "three guesses who it is that's doing all this capitalism... that's right, capitalists!". If OP didn't intend it as an antisemitic dogwhistle then it's an odd title for other reasons.

(edit: I just had a glance through their post history and I think it's probably not supposed to be a dogwhistle, but just unfortunately titled; I think maybe OP just assumed everyone reading it were already on the same page on whatever specific thing they themselves blame capitalism on?)

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Right, but saying "three guesses" implies that the answer is something that's slightly hidden.

Or that it's very obvious and they're being sarcastic.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

That’s what I meant by “slightly”. It’s an expression that gets used when we all know the answer but it’s one that’s slightly under the surface.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

But it doesn't really work for capitalists because these problems don't exist in a lot of capitalist nations and it kind of exists for supposed noncapitalist nations as well where if you don't follow the rules and don't work then they take your commodities away.

TBH tho I doubt that sort of reasoning would stand in the way of anti-capitalists.