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It truly is embarrassing. Imagine seeing something and thinking, "how can I get the government to forcefully take some of that for my benefit?"

laidoffamazon 2y ago
It’s not for my benefit, I just want to see Stanford grads get punished. I could get more punitive but I keep that for yelling at strangers in person.
- kentonv 2y ago
  Where did the Stanford thing come from? I went to the University of Minnesota.
  - trelane 2y ago
    Any chance you have a gopher server running there then?
alchemist1e9 2y ago
Absolutely embarrassing and a real life demonstration of a famous quote: “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.”
- stemlord 2y ago
  To be fair OP's website explains that most of the money isn't earned income. I'm happy for them though
  - compiler-devel 2y ago
    What do you mean by “isn’t earned income” ?
    - alchemist1e9 2y ago
      The anti-capitalists have this crazy idea that investment income isn’t “earned” in the same way that labor income is. Of course that’s absurdly anti-capitalist and completely ignores the point of capitalism and the function of risk taking incentivized by potential rewards. Failing to make a coherent argument against active investment income, for instance entrepreneurs, they will then revert to criticism of passive investors and their eventual complaint will come to arguing S&P index investors should be taxed on “unrealized” gains. Remember it’s all illogical nonsense motivated by Envy which they masquerade as Empathy.
      - simonhorlick 2y ago
        It's motivated by the ideology of wanting a meritocracy - the idea that if you work hard you can reap rewards. Having some people in society that can sit at home and watch the S&P increase while some have to work 50-hour weeks to make ends meet is seen as problematic.
        alchemist1e9 2y ago
        > the ideology of wanting a meritocracy - the idea that if you work hard you can reap rewards. and of those hard earned rewards investing them and then sitting at home and watching the S&P increase you mean? oh wait that’s problematic … let’s take those rewards away for “fairness” .. opps no incentives no meritocracy no prosperity
        stemlord 2y ago
        It wasn't a judgement remark, "earned income" is what you call that which is not passive income
        alchemist1e9 2y ago
        What does the “to be fair” part of your sentence mean then?
        a96 2y ago
  - fastball 2y ago
    Working for a company that pays you in stock and then selling those stocks is in fact earned.

laidoffamazon 2y ago

It’s not for my benefit, I just want to see Stanford grads get punished. I could get more punitive but I keep that for yelling at strangers in person.

kentonv 2y ago
Where did the Stanford thing come from? I went to the University of Minnesota.
- trelane 2y ago
  Any chance you have a gopher server running there then?

alchemist1e9 2y ago

Absolutely embarrassing and a real life demonstration of a famous quote: “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.”

stemlord 2y ago
To be fair OP's website explains that most of the money isn't earned income. I'm happy for them though
- compiler-devel 2y ago
  What do you mean by “isn’t earned income” ?
  - alchemist1e9 2y ago
    The anti-capitalists have this crazy idea that investment income isn’t “earned” in the same way that labor income is. Of course that’s absurdly anti-capitalist and completely ignores the point of capitalism and the function of risk taking incentivized by potential rewards. Failing to make a coherent argument against active investment income, for instance entrepreneurs, they will then revert to criticism of passive investors and their eventual complaint will come to arguing S&P index investors should be taxed on “unrealized” gains. Remember it’s all illogical nonsense motivated by Envy which they masquerade as Empathy.
    - simonhorlick 2y ago
      It's motivated by the ideology of wanting a meritocracy - the idea that if you work hard you can reap rewards. Having some people in society that can sit at home and watch the S&P increase while some have to work 50-hour weeks to make ends meet is seen as problematic.
      - alchemist1e9 2y ago
        > the ideology of wanting a meritocracy - the idea that if you work hard you can reap rewards. and of those hard earned rewards investing them and then sitting at home and watching the S&P increase you mean? oh wait that’s problematic … let’s take those rewards away for “fairness” .. opps no incentives no meritocracy no prosperity
      - stemlord 2y ago
        It wasn't a judgement remark, "earned income" is what you call that which is not passive income
        alchemist1e9 2y ago
        What does the “to be fair” part of your sentence mean then?
      - a96 2y ago
- fastball 2y ago
  Working for a company that pays you in stock and then selling those stocks is in fact earned.