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The Oxfam text is called: "Wealth: Having it all and wanting more". This bothers me. "Wanting more" is pretty much the human condition, I'd hate to paraphrase
by runj__ 12y ago
The Oxfam text is called: "Wealth: Having it all and wanting more". This bothers me.
"Wanting more" is pretty much the human condition, I'd hate to paraphrase Gordon Gekko but that's why we're were we are today, that's why absolute poverty is about to be eradicated.
Yes, inheritance can be disgusting but if that's part of what helps create more wealth, so be it.
And no, I don't think people would move to the rocky mountains if we would limit wealth creation for oneself, but I definitely think less (of anything) would be created.
- Ntrails 12y agoI inherit my parents genes. I inherit my fathers disposition and many of his attitudes. I inherit from my parents to know what it means to be cared for. Loved. Believed in. Supported. Of all the things I will inherit, money is the least of the advantages I'll get. Indeed it's the money spent before inheriting that has the biggest impact for most people. I think inheritance is the wrong battle to fight, it rarely impacts opportunity or environment which are so formative.