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It's a system flaw which allows certain people to come into possession of such large amounts of money to begin with. Ayn Rand said that when those who are rece
by jongjong 3y ago
It's a system flaw which allows certain people to come into possession of such large amounts of money to begin with.
Ayn Rand said that when those who are receiving most of the money are dealing in favors instead of goods and services, that's when you know your society is declining.
The reason that billionaires and celebrities are monopolizing most of the money is because the monetary system has made the entire global economy about social connections. Although many people have the skills necessary to invest money efficiently in a just monetary system, because we don't have such a system, that skill is worthless and instead, in the current system, the money MUST go to politically connected people in order to get a return. The pool of politically-connected individuals is tiny as politicians can only deal with a limited number of individuals and cater to the needs of a limited number of corporations. That's why we have such extreme centralization and fragility.
- mistermann 3y agoEveryone laughs at (their meme-based strawman model of) Ayn, but she warned us about this. Lots of her ideas were indeed simplistic if not downright dumb, but not all of them.
- grugagag 3y agoDon’t take that Ayn Rand too seriously…
- rufus_foreman 3y ago>> Ayn Rand said that when those who are receiving most of the money are dealing in favors instead of goods and services, that's when you know your society is declining. She said that in 1957. So your argument is that society has been declining since 1957. And I have to admit that I find that argument rather hard to believe. Society has, to me, obviously not been declining since 1957. It has been declining since 1959 (the year Buddy Holly died).
- jongjong 3y agoAyn Rand fled the USSR to come to the US. I assume this nugget of wisdom came out of that experience.