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It seems to be the case that if you give someone a bunch of money, they'll stop wanting to change the world for the better. There are thousands of billionaires
by mushbino 4y ago
It seems to be the case that if you give someone a bunch of money, they'll stop wanting to change the world for the better. There are thousands of billionaires who could each end hunger and homelessness but have chosen not to.
- simonh 4y agoThe resources available to nation states dwarf those of billionaires, and it’s they’re specific actual job to do it, yet they too have failed to end hunger and homelessness. Bill Gates has sunk untold billions into humanitarian aid and its a drop in the ocean.
- NoGravitas 4y agoEventually, you start looking into why the governments fail to end hunger and homelessness. Then, people start calling you a tankie.
- simonh 4y agoBecause hunger and homeless ness were of course unknown under Stalinism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes#Debate_over_famines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_...
- mushbino 4y agoI'm not seeing anything about homelessness in the article you linked to. Just for perspective, here's the opposite side of the coin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communist_mass_killings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communist_mass_killings