Re:Ten richest men have six times more wealth than the poore...
by impossiblefork on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:12AM
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It's, I think, more complicated than that.
Lack of wealth is lack of power, and with a sufficient lack of wealth one has no power even over ones own living situation. That kind of thing is bad for people-- because they rent they have continuous uncertainty and can't change or build, which I think are human instincts which it costs something to suppress. Think of it as being restricted to working only on the production branch of a software project, where anythings done incorrectly has consequences for others.
Lack of wealth is lack of power, and with a sufficient lack of wealth one has no power even over ones own living situation. That kind of thing is bad for people-- because they rent they have continuous uncertainty and can't change or build, which I think are human instincts which it costs something to suppress. Think of it as being restricted to working only on the production branch of a software project, where anythings done incorrectly has consequences for others.