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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by HardCodedBias on Sunday May 18, 2025 @01:36PM (#44022998)
How about we do the exact opposite?

Create expensive products which materially improve the lives of those with wealth? Align the incentives of the rich so that they don't spend on these zero sum status goods. Also incentivize the rich to get richer so that they can buy these products that make their lives better in a non-shallow way.

Work with incentives instead of against incentives.

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by jjcob on Sunday May 18, 2025 @02:33PM (#44023392)
That's the current status quo, isn't it?

There's yachts and fancy houses and supercars to buy for the rich. They make their lives better, in some way. A lot of people are employed to make those things.

I don't see how this helps anyone. If wealth were distributed more equally, those people would work on making the lives of everyone better, not just the lives of a small elite.

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by Mashimo on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:57AM (#44028852)
Ah that sounds smart, so in a way the wealth will trickle down to the common man? Someone should try it.
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