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Because you need the disposable income to buy speculative assets. This means that the rich get richer.

• amazingamazing 2y ago
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  • throwawayq3423 2y ago
    Read some history, bad things tend to happen when a permanent underclass is cut off from ever-expanding wealth.
    • amazingamazing 2y ago
      Ok, where are the bad things from this century caused directly from rich people getting richer and nothing else? And moreover - tell me how your prosperity harms the poorest in the world and what you’re doing to reduce that gap between you and them.
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      • pixelatedindex 2y ago
        > where are the bad things from this century caused directly from rich people getting richer and nothing else? Tell me you’re oblivious to the world around you without telling me you are oblivious. Are you arguing that income inequality is good? Or that it’s simply nothing to worry about? Because I agree with neither.
        • throwawayq3423 2y ago
          Not trying to make assumptions, but it appears he is trying to lean into the "greed is good" line of thinking where vices are actually spun to be virtues. Not only does it allow you to avoid empathy for your fellow man, it allows you to excuse your own excesses as necessary (or even good)
• 9rx 2y ago
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