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Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift by pera on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:29AM (#39521557)
I do agree that in a more fair world there shouldn't be billionaires, but at the same time it is curious that from all the stories posted on this website - where billionaires are making uncountable decisions that have a massive impact in our society - this is the only one where commenters would come to express their discomfort towards this fact of capitalism.
Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift by madsbuch on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:50AM (#39521717)
> this is the only one where commenters would come to express their discomfort towards this fact of capitalism

Don't conflate an in-equal system with capitalism. That would be untrue and un-wise.

Most people agree that a free market needs to exists in order to uphold a capitalistic system (what is ownership if you can not transfer it?).

You can make free markets that are regulated in a way that ensures that participants are, roughly, equal - in fact there is an argument that a market is not free unless this is the case.

When participants of a market can increase their profit margins it is usually a sign of an ineffcient market - a participant has an advantage that other participants can not compete with.

Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift by mlrtime on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @08:15AM (#39523674)
Equal opportunity, not equal outcome, right?
Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift by madsbuch on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:04PM (#39529045)
That is exactly why we see DMA now: Equal opportunity.
Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift by lobocinza on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:07AM (#39550300)
When facts go against the narrative that billionaires are bad some feel the urge to rectify. If this story didn't hit the front page they wouldn't care. All is propaganda.