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I think the issue people have isn't that 90,000 people have 90% of the wealth, it's the implications behind that figure. It's the imbalance between 6.6 million

by beeboop 11y ago

I think the issue people have isn't that 90,000 people have 90% of the wealth, it's the implications behind that figure. It's the imbalance between 6.6 million people who die every year from poor diet or malnutrition, something preventable by providing people with basic necessities such as food and clean water, and having 90,000 people owning collectively tens or hundreds of trillions of dollars. Your argument would hold merit as soon as the the single mother of three in Somalia has every opportunity to do what you did. We are decades, if not centuries away from that. And until that point, I don't find it unreasonable that people will take issue with wealth imbalances.

rebootthesystem 11y ago
The single mother in Somalia is a very different problem and it has nothing whatsoever to do with an entrepreneur in the Valley becoming wealthy because she pitched an idea to YC that got traction and worked her ass off to execute. Let's make sure we are discussing things that are actually related. Yes, we have to do more for people like the woman you describe. And, in some cases, they have to do something for themselves as well. In your hypothetical scenario (and that's all it is) it would be fair to ask why and how she ended-up with three kids before being able to provide for them. Is there a limit? Should anyone be able to have eleven kids, or fifteen, and we still look at them as responsible individuals?
- bigmanwalter 11y ago
  > The single mother in Somalia is a very different problem and it has nothing whatsoever to do with an entrepreneur in the Valley becoming wealthy because she pitched an idea to YC that got traction and worked her ass off to execute. The Venture Capitalists who invested in her idea could have just as easily put the 10s of millions of USD toward supporting single mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. > Yes, we have to do more for people like the woman you describe. And, in some cases, they have to do something for themselves as well. In your hypothetical scenario (and that's all it is) it would be fair to ask why and how she ended-up with three kids before being able to provide for them. Is there a limit? Should anyone be able to have eleven kids, or fifteen, and we still look at them as responsible individuals? There's a good chance it's some combination of having been raped, forced into an arranged marriage, and living in a community which punishes women harshly for undertaking abortions and having careers. PS. Using "she" for a prototypical entrepreneur is just as sexist as using "he". Try using "they" next time.
  - rebootthesystem 11y ago
    >PS. Using "she" for a prototypical entrepreneur is just as sexist as using "he". Try using "they" next time. Oh, please.
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by beeboop 11y ago

rebootthesystem 11y ago

The single mother in Somalia is a very different problem and it has nothing whatsoever to do with an entrepreneur in the Valley becoming wealthy because she pitched an idea to YC that got traction and worked her ass off to execute. Let's make sure we are discussing things that are actually related. Yes, we have to do more for people like the woman you describe. And, in some cases, they have to do something for themselves as well. In your hypothetical scenario (and that's all it is) it would be fair to ask why and how she ended-up with three kids before being able to provide for them. Is there a limit? Should anyone be able to have eleven kids, or fifteen, and we still look at them as responsible individuals?

bigmanwalter 11y ago
> The single mother in Somalia is a very different problem and it has nothing whatsoever to do with an entrepreneur in the Valley becoming wealthy because she pitched an idea to YC that got traction and worked her ass off to execute. The Venture Capitalists who invested in her idea could have just as easily put the 10s of millions of USD toward supporting single mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. > Yes, we have to do more for people like the woman you describe. And, in some cases, they have to do something for themselves as well. In your hypothetical scenario (and that's all it is) it would be fair to ask why and how she ended-up with three kids before being able to provide for them. Is there a limit? Should anyone be able to have eleven kids, or fifteen, and we still look at them as responsible individuals? There's a good chance it's some combination of having been raped, forced into an arranged marriage, and living in a community which punishes women harshly for undertaking abortions and having careers. PS. Using "she" for a prototypical entrepreneur is just as sexist as using "he". Try using "they" next time.
- rebootthesystem 11y ago
  >PS. Using "she" for a prototypical entrepreneur is just as sexist as using "he". Try using "they" next time. Oh, please.
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