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billionaire capitalists are not good news for humanity
by door 9y ago
billionaire capitalists are not good news for humanity
- cmahler7 9y agopretty much every technological advancement and the quality of life improvement that came with it is through capitalism. There's a reason that Cuba and Soviet Russia were basically trapped in time
- aaron-lebo 9y agoCapitalism does not require inequality and obscene compensation.
- cmahler7 9y agopeople aren't equal so you're going to have inequality unless you regulate things so everything is equal outcome, in which case you will end up with a failed civilization due to there being no reason for talented people to work hard because they get no benefit for doing so.
- door 9y agotheres a difference between inequality in the sense of "a junior developer makes 60k, a senior developer makes 100k" (what you're talking about, and which is totally fine) and the inequality that actually exists, whereby a small number of extraordinarily wealthy people control a massive proportion of wealth while those in poverty lack access to food security, healthcare, childcare, the basic necessities of life.
- slice_of_life 9y ago>whereby a small number of extraordinarily wealthy people control a massive proportion of wealth while those in poverty lack access to food security, healthcare, childcare, the basic necessities of life May be a more important question is why those people lack those things you mentioned. If for instance Bill Gates/Jeff Bezos never existed, would it make those poor people richer? You are not addressing the problem when you simply vilify the rich as the cause of the poor's woes. Your argument is intellectually dishonest and I think it stems from unnecessary envy.
- ionised 9y agoIn human history?
- door 9y agonearly all technological improvements are built, at their core, on work that was done by publicly-funded research or volunteer/non-profit work. the internet is a good example
- Karunamon 9y agoThat seems like the kind of broad brush statement that could never be substantiated.
- door 9y agoit's bad that a single person has unaccountable command over a billion dollars
- HeyLaughingBoy 9y agoA $Billion isn't what it used to be...
- vixen99 9y agoWhy not? These billionaire capitalists don't force people to work for them nor do they force people to buy their products and services - but people do in large numbers. A sort of democratic vote against your submission. Are the people who don't buy into their products suffering in some way? Explain!
- cname 9y agoBecause everyone simply decided to participate in the prevailing social/economic system? I wish I could simply decide to opt out.
- rukittenme 9y agoYou can... You can move to a country that has the economic system you want or you can leave society all together.
- door 9y agoi don't want to live in the woods, i want a world in which people who make iphones don't kill themselves
- rukittenme 9y agoWhat a strange condition. Why not I want to live in a world where people aren't hungry? What about a world without suffering? A world without conflict and scarcity? If iPhone manufacturing is your only gripe with this world we find ourselves in, I'd say we've got it pretty good.