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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by justicezyx on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:03PM (#16017043)
It's not just contribution, it's about the ratio of what you take and what you contribute.

Ideally, one should contribute as much as she/he takes. Of course, that's impossible and impractical.

I'd say the higher in the social rank, they ratio of contribution to taking drops exponentially, not linearly.

That's the problem.

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by oreo81 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:16PM (#16017150)
I see it as the exact opposite.
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by justicezyx on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:10PM (#16018069)
> I'd say the higher in the social rank, they ratio of contribution to taking drops exponentially, not linearly.

You mean the richer people are, the ratio of their contribution to taking grows? That does not seem possible, because that will not make the person rich in the first place.

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by oreo81 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @10:59AM (#16022726)
They're rich in the first place because they've contributed more to society than other people.
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by justicezyx on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:18PM (#16026378)
Sure, I have no doubt that they contribute more than others.

But the problem is the ratio of their taking far outpace the contribution.

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by oreo81 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:40AM (#16053005)
That's your opinion, what makes you the judge of other peoples social contributions?
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