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People can be envious of the richest percentile when they are simply richer. They start to look at them with hate only when according to usual metrics, a few b
by psychoslave 3y ago
People can be envious of the richest percentile when they are simply richer.
They start to look at them with hate only when according to usual metrics, a few become ever more rich while most actually see their wealth level decrease whatever the legal path they take.
This is not good for anyone, because history show that the next expectable step is blood bath, be it through mass repression or cutting heads of the perceived most privileged, a mixture of both being the most likely option.
- jstarfish 3y agoHistory might play out differently if the targets could escape to lunar habitats in their respective private rockets. We're almost in James Bond supervillain territory.
- psychoslave 3y agohttps://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/stats.php https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/stats.php Escaping on a private island, be it literally or more metaphorically, is still a far more realist option, and also a far more cozy one.