Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
by Vegenoid on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:52PM
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We have lived in a stable system long enough for people to forget the horrors of instability. It is a certainty that a reminder is coming - what is uncertain is how far away it is.
Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
by untwerp on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:42AM
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> The hyper-wealthy seem oblivious to the fact that you can't both be a trillionaire that's causing societal economic desperation and live in a society where people politely do their business and leave you in peace.
They have been well aware of it. See Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8
We seem to be in the bread and circus phase for the time
People will strive to make their lives better. If that effort can be funneled into productive actions that provide benefits to society as a whole, then that's what people will do. If that effort requires stealing from and killing hoarders of wealth because there's no other way to get resources, then that's what people will do.
The hyper-wealthy seem oblivious to the fact that you can't both be a trillionaire that's causing societal economic desperation and live in a society where people politely do their business and leave you in peace.