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There are various competing concepts that most of us conflate erroneously most of the time: * having much money in the bank * having much property/wealth on th
by estaseuropano 5y ago
There are various competing concepts that most of us conflate erroneously most of the time:
* having much money in the bank
* having much property/wealth on the balance sheet
* earning much
* having an important role()
being able to afford all/most wants
* living lavishly
* being happy
(*) Angela Merkel might be one of the most powerful world leaders but earns 'only' around 20k a year. Greta Thunberg moves mountains and earns little/nothing for it.
- pvitz 5y agoPer month...
- radiator 5y ago> Greta Thunberg moves mountains. I can only regard this as a joke, and not a very successful one, I am afraid.
- rabuse 5y agoI'm with you there. Greta Thunberg has done what exactly?
- lantry 5y agoShe started the School Strike for Climate movement. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_strike_for_climate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_strike_for_climate
- DrFunke 5y agoYes, but what has she done?
- splitstud 5y agoServed as a figurehead for powerful interests
- newyankee 5y agoSupported Indian middlemen strike masquerading as a farmer's protests which among other things had the following demands from the Govt - Ability to burn stubble without consequences, one of the primary causes for Smog in Delhi and North India every year contrary to people' perceptions that pollution and industries are primary source - Subsidized diesel and fuel - No restrictions on using groundwater in a water rich region which is facing a serious issues with the water table due to highly intensive agriculture mostly cultivating crops requiring a lot of water - Continuing Govt subsidies on the above mentioned water intensive crops despite there being a significant overproduction and not allowing Govt subsidies to go towards more reasonable crops - Not allowing farmers to sell their produce directly to the consumer or retailers (and receiving money directly in their accounts). Instead going through highly corrupt and legacy 'arthiyas' (middlemen) who add nothing but another layer of bureacracy for no value Yes, i am not kidding. The 'environmentalist' Greta Thurnberg supported these protests because according to her and the media, breaking the lobby of powerful interests is akin to corporate takeover of poor farmers. This is without knowing anything about the subject and never involving herself in active debates about the topic
- developer93 5y agoAnecdotally, at least in western Europe governments and companies seem a lot more careful of looking like they're disregarding the environment than they were 5 years ago (green washing is a thing but if organisations are doing it, at last they think perle care about it now). I don't think it's all down to her, but she played a part.
- sien 5y agoMerkel $US 426K per year. https://paywizard.org/salary/vip-check/angela-merkel https://paywizard.org/salary/vip-check/angela-merkel She's the Chancellor of a country with a multi-trillion dollar economy.
- 0xy 5y agoPaying politicians this low begs for corruption and egotists drunk on power.
- burntoutfire 5y agoPaying them millions begs for greedy bastards.
- 0xy 5y agoProminent politicians like George Bush, Obama, Hillary and Pelosi made almost all of their fortunes from "speaking fees", book sales, insider trading on stocks, etc. If they were paid market rates, it would attract less of this corruption.