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We got rich by not prioritizing the needs of investors in the first place. Maybe we need to start prioritizing the needs of the larger society again.
by throwaway173738 6mo ago
We got rich by not prioritizing the needs of investors in the first place. Maybe we need to start prioritizing the needs of the larger society again.
- kube-system 6mo agoYou certainly don't need economic investment to become "rich" in culture, enlightenment, or humanity, for sure. And there is value to that. However, financiers played an indisputable role in the current state of economic wealth in today's world.
- alexashka 6mo agoIndisputable role in economic precarity, more commonly known as wage slavery.
- kube-system 6mo agoEconomic uncertainty is negatively correlated with market capitalization per capita.
- alexashka 6mo agoSlavery is positively correlated with market capitalization per capita.
- kube-system 6mo agoIt is not.
- alexashka 6mo agoIt is. Good talk.
- kube-system 6mo agoYou're factually wrong. Graph any Global Slavery Index against market capitalization per capita -- you get a negative correlation.
- alexashka 6mo agoYou are factually wrong. 'Global slavery index' is not a credible source, even according to Wikipedia. I'm sorry I spent 2 minutes of my life looking it up - I should've known better. This conversation is over. I can't trust you to not throw random crap a google search produces that supports your fantasy that I then have to spend brain cells to debunk.
- kube-system 6mo agoThen pick a different one. Which measure did you use to come to your conclusion? I suspect you didn't use one at all, because I am not aware of any measure of "slavery" that correlates positively with any measure of investment activity. Labor practices and protections are much better in countries with high economic investment.
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