> Do you know that 8 people in the world have as much wealth as 3.6 BILLION people. That inequality is STAGGERING. This. This is the root of the issue in its e

> Do you know that 8 people in the world have as much wealth as 3.6 BILLION people. That inequality is STAGGERING. This. This is the root of the issue in its entirety. As a civilized species (civilized in the sense that we "have" civilization) we should ban as a practice and ostracize those that propone the privatization of capital gains and the socialization of capital losses. Period. The figure posted by parent speaks volumes of the flaws of the currently dominant economic paradigm. I hate to get too tangential and throw shade in a generically, but I've always felt like those of us that aspire to be millionaires, etc., are doing it wrong.