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The bizarre scale of super richs (400 people in US) https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
by dlojudice 6y ago
The bizarre scale of super richs (400 people in US)
https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
- happytoexplain 6y agoI rarely make blanket statements: Anybody who sees this and thinks the downsides of this society are lesser than the downsides of undoing it (both the direct result of wealth redistribution, as though by a magic wand, and the indirect results of using the kind of heavy-handed federal regulatory changes that would be required), is immoral. You are somewhat less unreasonable to say, "yes, we must change it, but first we must find a way that doesn't involve gross socialism stuff", and I may reasonably disagree with the practicality of your position, but to cross the line into, "no, the state of things is natural and amoral", is monstrous, and such people must be defeated at any cost.
- basch 6y agoA logically defensible position against this is: "I trust those 400 people to do more good, to spread more wealth, to create more value, to create more jobs, to innovate more, than I trust the government." Its a calculation of best return on investment, and not just return in a dollar sense. It might be more efficient for those 400 people to dump all their money into a charity that redistributes the money, than it is to trust elected officials to understand how to handle it. This isnt cash he has in a bank account. It's his money, reinvested into a conglomerate that builds, delivers, creates, serves.