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Mark Zuckerberg: The wealth is ‘unreasonable’ but ‘may be optimal’ for society
- devoply 7y agoZuck's views need some scientific validation. Has Bill Gates investment paid off better than similar amounts of money spent by the government... or philanthropy in general?
- isoskeles 7y ago> Multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg says that while it can be “unreasonable” how much wealth individuals can amass, it also “may be optimal” for society at large if the alternative is governments controlling all of the wealth. Hah, what an opener. There are multiple other alternatives, it's not either a select few have all the money or the government has all the money. Yet you will see people gladly accept the frame of the argument set forth by both Zuckerberg and CNBC.
- remarkEon 7y agoIt's a terrible frame, for sure. Having said that ... there is something to be said about how hyper-wealthy oligarchies emerge in basically any type of government you can imagine. The question becomes one of how to properly order them for the good of society so that they don't end up blowing up the entire structure - and everyone else with it - that made them in the first place.