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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by anonsivalley652 on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:51AM (#22382692)
Their balance sheet isn't the point, it's what they did and are doing to get there that is the point:

- taking away healthcare from the poor, killing people

- destroying/privatizing what was once free and part of the shared commonwealth

- privatizing what never should've been profit-motivated in the first place: hospitals, prisons, schools and so on.

- "deregulating" removing pollution and safety protections that were written in blood

- spending money to corrupt the political process in order to buy passage of laws

- underpaying workers so they have to live in their cars and cheating them out of the profits they helped create

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair

(One could also call it the "Upton Sinclair-effect".)

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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mantas on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:59AM (#22382744)
Maybe it'd be more productive to criticise people based on those points. Rather pick a somewhat correlating group.

How about we pick a skin color correlating with petty crimes and then draw conclusions on that? Not so cool, huh...

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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by viklove on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:17AM (#22384228)
Your skin color isn't based on your actions, but your wealth is. It's not a fair comparison to make. You should be judged for your actions.
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mantas on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:51AM (#22384554)
Exactly, people should be judged for their actions. Not for skin color or net worth.

One's wealth isn't automatically a result of bad actions. It's a very accurate comparison. Generalisation is generalisation.

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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by viklove on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:55PM (#22408886)
> One's wealth isn't automatically a result of bad actions.

It almost always is, though. Skin color never is. I don't agree with your take at all.

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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mam2 on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:53AM (#22382709)
Life is adversarial. If you are angry about it, do something about it yourself, like putting up regulations or whatever. You cant attack someone for doing his job.
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by Frost1x on Friday February 21, 2020 @08:00AM (#22382747)
Sounds like OP is adopting the adversarial approach and trying push the concept of change around.
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mam2 on Friday February 21, 2020 @08:26AM (#22382876)
Its true. But still, hating on bilionaires is just ineffecient
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mantas on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:52AM (#22384559)
It's quite efficient if you manage to bring together large enough crowd.
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mam2 on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:12AM (#22391110)
It was never efficient ever.
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Re:We can’t leave it to billionaires to solve the world’s pr... by mantas on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:57AM (#22396445)
It's an efficient way to get rid of old aristocracy and give space for new aristocracy to raise. Russia and China are sweet cases. French revolution was somewhat similar too.
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