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To elaborate further my comment also stems from articles referring to things like this being a $50 billion dollar industry. A lot of services or goods are descr
by beardedmoose 3y ago
To elaborate further my comment also stems from articles referring to things like this being a $50 billion dollar industry. A lot of services or goods are described as such like we are all just dollar signs.
I also play airsoft, walk twice a week with a friend and spend time with my children. Those are all great things and I like your optimism...
However I disagree that our capitalist society is a good thing, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Nobody gets to be a billionaire without exploiting the working class.
- csallen 3y agoI really don't think the poor are getting poorer. Would you rather be poor today, poor 50 years ago, or poor 100 years ago? I would choose today. Because a capitalist society facilitates investment into new technologies, whose prices tend to fall dramatically over time, thus becoming available to all, and improving the lives of all. You can be poor today, and still own a smartphone, a laptop, a TV, internet, a home with central air and heating, a car, and even get healthcare. If we're focus our perspectives on the gap between rich and poor, there's reason to be upset. But why should that gap matter for any of us in our own personal lives? Jeff Bezos owning a yacht and a mansion doesn't make me any less happy about my car and my apartment.