@artilectzed @publicvoit no shit, right? I keep thinking this every single time I see the phrase “Russian oligarch” repeated all over the place as if it’s some special type of evil billionaire the western world doesn’t have.
@artilectzed yep there is also mansions (good guys) vs compounds (bad guys) for houses.
I don't really get it, I don't see a lot of people* using oligarch but when I do it seems to refer to very rich people (that influences politics), if it doesn't target American billionaires, who ? ._.
(* it is not a really useful word)
Is it an antisemitic dogwhistle or something?
@Nocta @artilectzed nope.
it's just applied very selectively.
Selectively to who then ? ^^'
Like when I think "oligarch", I immediately think billionaires (American or French since I'm French), even though it's mostly used by confusionists that don't want to use the word "capitalists" :x
@Nocta @artilectzed it's not to whom, but *by* whom:
(American) english language media
@artilectzed same but also with "regime"
the biden regime
the trump regime
the obama regime
@artilectzed
> Normalize X
No. I will normalize nothing. If things are normal, people will be excluded from the excep
@__h2__ @artilectzed @rysiek Okay, now this is just entertaining.
@josias @__h2__ @artilectzed @rysiek The only issue is that I'm happy to use Oligarch for people a bit below the $1B threshold.
@artilectzed also, call ex-military politicians “warlords”