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We've developed the technology to support our greed, and now that a small group of people has become infinitely more powerful, they won't be willing to cede con
by seanp2k2 11y ago
We've developed the technology to support our greed, and now that a small group of people has become infinitely more powerful, they won't be willing to cede control.
- vixen99 11y agoNot sure what you mean by greed but I hope it's not the description applied, too often exclusively, to those who want to earn more money or to keep what they have already earned - never to those wanting to take other people's money in taxes or to those wishing to live on the largesse provided by such taxation.
- lujim 11y agoI don't think of it that way. Even the most destitute person can go to the ER and get medical treatment that Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller or JP Morgan couldn't buy with their entire fortune. It's not always free, but it's available. Most people living near or above the poverty line can afford devices fit in their pocket and instantly share information with anyone on the planet. Entire ivy league university courses are instantly available for free anywhere with an internet connection. We've developed the technology that we were able to because we could. Wealth inequality sucks, minimum wage sucks, environmental pollution sucks, but we aren't doing all that bad for a bunch of apes just trying to figure things out.