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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by anoncowherd on Monday November 04, 2013 @02:40AM (#6667403)
> Because the world does not exist for the benefit of the rich and privileged

No? Does it exist for the benefit of the poor then? -They sure keep voting for more wealth transfers and taxes on the rich, and they keep getting them too!

Note that I'm just an ordinary middle-class white person. I just wanted to point out that the world does not exist for any group's benefit. We're all just people, all just individuals here.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by eropple on Monday November 04, 2013 @03:51AM (#6667598)
> Does it exist for the benefit of the poor then?

No. But we have ample historical evidence that huge wealth and privilege disparity does not lead to societal stability. The selfish vote of those rich and privileged seeks to increase this disparity. The selfish vote of the poor does not.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by anoncowherd on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @05:14PM (#6685879)
The Rich-Enough don't actually vote to change things, they buy politicians and make deals behind the scenes.
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