Re:It's Basically Just Immoral to Be Rich
by jdenning on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:45PM
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The problem with this argument is that "being rich" is relative. Anyone want to wager that the author's "maximum moral income" is approximately the same as his/her income?
Isn't someone who makes $50,000 /yr extremely wealthy from the perspective of someone whose income is ~$5,000/yr (like a lot of people in India[1])?
Come on A.Q. Smith - how can you justify even owning a computer when people are starving? Is it immoral to waste money on dinner and a movie when that's more money than some people make in a week?
Isn't someone who makes $50,000 /yr extremely wealthy from the perspective of someone whose income is ~$5,000/yr (like a lot of people in India[1])?
Come on A.Q. Smith - how can you justify even owning a computer when people are starving? Is it immoral to waste money on dinner and a movie when that's more money than some people make in a week?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(PPP)...
(Edit: slight rephrase)