Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift
by pera on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:29AM
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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.
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Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift
by madsbuch on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:50AM
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> 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
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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
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That is exactly why we see DMA now: Equal opportunity.