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'''"I own a yacht business"''' is an Infrared debate-clip meme originating from a troll exchange on the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/007a6ff2-3861-4c00-af25-e5aff3e9d04c/ COMMUNISM WINNING | INFRAWOKE stream] — where an interlocutor sputtered, in rapid succession: "I own a yacht business. What are you going to do, Connie? ... I'll buy your business up. I'm a conglomerate."
"'''"I own a yacht business"''' — the debate-clip meme for petty-bourgeois bravado.
 
== Origin ==
From the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/007a6ff2-3861-4c00-af25-e5aff3e9d04c/ COMMUNISM WINNING | INFRAWOKE stream] — an interlocutor's entire retort to communism:
 
> "You don't like business owners? ...I own a yacht business. What are you going to do, Connie?... I'll buy your business up. I'm a conglomerate... I sell and build yachts... I'll split you in half."


== The meme ==
== The meme ==
The phrase became shorthand in the community for the '''pathetic bravado of petty bourgeoisdom''' — the guy whose entire retort to communism is declaring ownership of assets, as if title deeds were an argument. Clipped and spammed in chat, "yacht business" punctuates any debate moment where an opponent substitutes property claims for substance.
Clipped and spammed in chat ever since, "yacht business" punctuates any debate moment where an opponent substitutes property claims for substance — title deeds as argument ([[Labor Aristocracy]], [[Bread and Circuses]]).


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Labor Aristocracy]]
* [[Sidewalk lords]]
* [[Bread and Circuses]]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:56, 21 August 2026

""I own a yacht business" — the debate-clip meme for petty-bourgeois bravado.

Origin

From the COMMUNISM WINNING | INFRAWOKE stream — an interlocutor's entire retort to communism:

> "You don't like business owners? ...I own a yacht business. What are you going to do, Connie?... I'll buy your business up. I'm a conglomerate... I sell and build yachts... I'll split you in half."

The meme

Clipped and spammed in chat ever since, "yacht business" punctuates any debate moment where an opponent substitutes property claims for substance — title deeds as argument (Labor Aristocracy, Bread and Circuses).

See also

References