I would argue there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. So yes, above a certain point, all rich people are bad. They hold an unusably vast hoard of resources. They elect to retain these resources rather than help others. Granted this is a subjective argument, but a sound one.
Most people in the US are more than capable of ‘spreading the wealth’. -So what stops us?
I chose to not be addicted to drugs, to be responsible with money, and learn valuable skills and indepencence from employers. Why should I provide for someone choosing different (or enabling them to go even further down a bad path)? Wealthy people are no different in this respect, they just have more money. Squandering it on people who claim to be poor isn’t as good as…
Buying up farmland in the USA to keep it out of the hands of China, or funding vaccinations. -Something a ‘billionaire’ has been doing.
Or… give an example of people winning big on the lottery and compare it to the people who’s lives were destroyed by the easy money. Being a better steward of money doesn’t make someone evil.
I would argue there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. So yes, above a certain point, all rich people are bad. They hold an unusably vast hoard of resources. They elect to retain these resources rather than help others. Granted this is a subjective argument, but a sound one.
As for not being able to prove the danger of poverty, and my statistics you can rrad the research paper I pulled them from ar you leisure: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2804032
Most people in the US are more than capable of ‘spreading the wealth’. -So what stops us?
I chose to not be addicted to drugs, to be responsible with money, and learn valuable skills and indepencence from employers. Why should I provide for someone choosing different (or enabling them to go even further down a bad path)? Wealthy people are no different in this respect, they just have more money. Squandering it on people who claim to be poor isn’t as good as…
Buying up farmland in the USA to keep it out of the hands of China, or funding vaccinations. -Something a ‘billionaire’ has been doing.
Or… give an example of people winning big on the lottery and compare it to the people who’s lives were destroyed by the easy money. Being a better steward of money doesn’t make someone evil.
So you think people who are addicted to drugs choose that life?
I think you are ignoring the environmental pressures and sociological realities that result in drug addiction and poverty.
There are plenty of people in poverty, who is claiming to be poor?
I’m not feeling bad for you if you can’t afford your cigarettes, cannabis, crack, and alcohol because of your own damn choices.
I won’t say get a job: I’d say straighten yourself out and quit trying to rely on others handouts.
Bootstraps. Got it. You have no compassion. What are you even doing in a place like Lemmy?
You’re implying that Lemmy is only for communist / socialists and not good for anything else? -Interesting.
No, I am not. I don’t mind having discussions with capitalists. But you are an extremist. It seems odd that you would want to spend time here.