• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    They go hand in hand: first you crack the piñata open, then its contents trickle down.

    Thus far we’ve skipped the first part, and have been foolishly waiting for the trickle down.

  • Awesomo85@sh.itjust.works
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    Why is Mr. Rogers’ cat lecturing me about economics?!

    Daniel Tiger certainly seems to have become jaded by today’s political climate.

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      He got radicalized when Trump cut funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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        Piniatas aren’t obviously full of candy from the outside; they are the fancily dressed up target by a local authority, beaten by a mob.

    • acargitz@lemmy.caOP
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      Being pedantic with the meme are we?

      The point is that we need to break that piñata.

      The “what” is the primary message of the meme. The “how” is up for debate. We can do it the nice and easy way, institutionally and orderly, with wealth taxes that are punitive enough to undo the obscene degree of inequality. Or we can do it the hard way with guillotines. Obviously I much much rather prefer the first, I would indeed like to keep my hobbies and walk my dog. So the patricians better go along, because the plebs cannot be blamed if they end up with no other option than violent revolution.

    • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know what kind of shitty parties you’ve been to, but normally, when the piñata breaks open, everyone rushes up and gets some. It doesn’t all go to the person with the bat.

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        Pinata candy has never been equally distributed among all of the children, that I’ve ever seen. Sure, parents will often intervene to make sure everyone gets some, but the one who succeeds in breaking it always gets the most.

        And that’s my point.

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          ACKSHULLY,

          The person who breaks it open has their hands full of bat and a blindfold over their eye. Whereas the rest of the jackals children are poised to spring!

          So the person who breaks the piñata usually get less, or even nothing.

          (Edit: poised, not pissed, and was missing a ~)

        • masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I don’t think you understand how big this piñata is… there is far more than all the kiddies could eat in a lifetime.