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But think of the landed aristocracy before the plague, or the rich in the US before WW2. They had things locked in hard and life was sweet. We're seeing that no
by Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
But think of the landed aristocracy before the plague, or the rich in the US before WW2. They had things locked in hard and life was sweet. We're seeing that now with the current classes of the super rich. They are getting stuff locked in and life is absolutely amazing for them. What right does 99.9% of the people have to anything if it even remotely threatens their sweet sweet life?
- nerdchum 4y agoI get your sarcasm and it was funny. The sad cynical part is if you think throughout all of human history, the rich have had their foot on the neck of the poor for almost all of it except for a few bright spots here and there.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoThis is true, and what's sadly also true is that the rich have always believed they were justified in having their foot on the neck on the poor. These reasons have changed over time, from 'divine right', to 'for their own good', to more recently because 'rich people will make better use of the wealth' (e.g. effective altruism).