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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 28 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"According to their SkyMiles status" - which they have plenty of, due to all their commuting back and forth to their home districts. I mean, it's a nice start, I just wish they'd get stuck in economy with the rest of us.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

lol, you misunderstand though, they are not one of us.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 43 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine how much better the world would be if we stopped kissing rich people's asses like we owe them.

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

Ya make the fuckers pay for the special treatment. You shouldn't just get it because you are rich.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But if I kiss their ass maybe I can ride on their cost tales.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Or maybe even their coattails.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 12 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

If only we all treated everyone like this, in accordance with their SkyMiles status.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 4 points 50 minutes ago

I’m really not sure how it’s aged otherwise, but the premise of Jennifer Government is built around a concept that is not-unlike your joke.

It’s cyber punk so basically the goverment has collapsed or been severely weakened and people take the last names of their Employer (e.g. Deacon Soros) and society has basically coalesced around these few Alliance Loyalty Programs; each with their own complicated agglomeration of corporate partnerships behind them, competing against each other much the way nation states do today.

I think the author eventually became better known for the online game he made, NationStates.

[–] GongFuFlashSteep@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 hours ago

This was MLKs dream

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So they are boycotting so an agency of human rights violators gets funding?

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 2 points 37 minutes ago

They realize more people will put up with tsa than long lines or ice agents

[–] protist@retrofed.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think they want the TSA to get funding, and I bet they're pretty agnostic re: ICE funding

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

The boycott seems to be in favour of TSA which is also a human rights violation agency, the one I meant in the first place.

Yeah right, like we all have the same experience as the wealthy. This just takes off the fancy label for congress critters, not benefits from being moneyed.

[–] pubquiz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Perks cut? When will it end.

Minor inconveniences for members of Congress > illegal arrest and imprisonment for the rest of us.