What's sad is that in my experience at least, there seems to be no way you can have a constructive conversation with people who take this view of the world such

What's sad is that in my experience at least, there seems to be no way you can have a constructive conversation with people who take this view of the world such as Monbiot or the author of this piece for instance https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2019/12/our-era-inequality-luxury-capitalism-thriving https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2019/12/our-er.... Getting rich people to spend some of their cash seems to me like a great idea especially for the folk who labor to produce the goods.