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I don't think I agree. If I read an article that titled "this NGO is distributing food and medical aid to the refugees of the conflict" and then on the body of
by otikik 1y ago
I don't think I agree.
If I read an article that titled "this NGO is distributing food and medical aid to the refugees of the conflict" and then on the body of the article I find out that a single guy got all the supplies and the rest got nothing, I would consider the title very misleading.
- ben_w 1y agoA single guy? I'd count that as a sorites problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox But the distribution for wealth under capitalism isn't "one" person, and capitalism wouldn't work if it was, because nobody else could buy anything with the money, and therefore everyone else would invent a new currency or barter, and then all the money which that one person has would be worthless.
- otikik 1y agoDepending on the size of the imaginary conflict, "a single guy" could very well be right. https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly...