What to Do About Inequality (2012)

Re:What to Do About Inequality (2012) by anoonmoose on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @10:10AM (#19849479)

You can't make widespread culturual, social change on an individual basis like that. It's like asking people why they don't just cut the government checks if they think taxes should be higher- even if I cut the government a check for everything I had it would increase their coffers by ~0.0000001%. It's not significant on that level.

I'm not asking everyone else to do it first. I'm asking everyone to do it together.

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Re:What to Do About Inequality (2012) by zpeti on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @10:22AM (#19849629)

Why don't you solve the issues of 2-3 people around you, people you know and see, rather than trying to change the world?

You'd actually see the difference you're making, instead of feeling helpless about massive issues.

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Re:What to Do About Inequality (2012) by anoonmoose on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @10:51AM (#19849976)

Because I am trying to make a statistically significant change, not a change just to make me feel good.

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Re:What to Do About Inequality (2012) by zpeti on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:25PM (#19852607)

Wrong, you are making yourself feel good by telling yourself the problem is too great to handle. You feel like you're a good empathetic person except you don't do anything.

Actually doing something takes effort, and is hard, and is risky.

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Re:What to Do About Inequality (2012) by anoonmoose on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @04:56PM (#19853367)

I'm not saying the problem is to great to handle, I've explained ways to handle it.

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