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> Probably because a lot of people here are CEOs (or hope to become one) I earn a bit above median and have no aspirations even for a lower management position
by somedude895 3y ago
> Probably because a lot of people here are CEOs (or hope to become one)
I earn a bit above median and have no aspirations even for a lower management position.
I see this stuff and to me it seems like either jealousy or white-knighting. A lot of people protesting these CEO pays seem to want to see the rich make less much more so than they actually want the lower class to make more. And the "it will not end well for the rich" polemic just confirms that assumption to me.
- mbfg 3y ago"seem to want to see the rich make less much more so than they actually want the lower class to make more" and you are saying that would be a bad thing? Seems hard to say that would't make for a better society.
- somedude895 3y agoWanting other people to not have things is the definition of jealousy. A spiteful society? No thanks.
- uvnq 3y agoThere are many people out there with the fixed pie fallacy who think thay if someone earns more money, it leads to others earning less money. This is how people think that kneecapping "the rich" will make the world a better place, and it can lead people to prioritize ensuring others do not become rich over ensuring that people grow the economy and make everyone better off. There are many people out there who lump producers, builders, and growers in with thieves and robbers because of this fallacy. If I grab dirt from the ground and a tomato seed from a discarded tomato and sell $5 worth of tomatoes I grow, they will think that I "stole" the $5. This does not make them bad people imo, I know many good people who have integrity and who I love who had this fallacy until I pointed it out to them.