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Look man, you don't need to care. That's the nice thing about politics, you don't need to care about anything. Lots of us do, because the fact that the three
by Frondo 9y ago
Look man, you don't need to care. That's the nice thing about politics, you don't need to care about anything.
Lots of us do, because the fact that the three richest people in America own as much as the poorest half combined tells us that the laws that govern our playing field may not be presenting a particularly fair or level playing field, despite claims that anyone can work hard and win at life.
Wealth inequality is a problem for those of us who do care because we want a society that actually does work for everyone in some semblance of similar proportion, not one in which everything is peachy for a few, miserable for the rest; this one doesn't seem like it is.
Again, you don't have to care.
- defterGoose 9y agoThanks for this reply. Calling someone out quickly and civilly for posting a shallow, ontological quip is one of the best things we can do to keep this type of serious conversation fact-based, on-focus, and troll-free. Too often nowadays these things can devolve into semantic wankfests with little semblance to "fact" or "truth".
- tudelo 9y agoThe problem I have with what you are saying is what you are referring to as the "laws that govern our playing field." What do you mean that they are not fair? How do you make them fair? Also, it's not like these people became rich overnight. Do you think Bezos spent a lot of time complaining about a lack of opportunity? And do you think that most people would want to (or even be able to) live a life like he does?
- refurb 9y agoSo if I'm understanding you correctly, if the "playing field was level", we wouldn't have inequity? Or as much? I'm not sure I agree with that.