Wealth scale
My thumb's tired.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 9:38,
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I stopped when I got to the point
where under 5% of the wealth of 400 people would lift every american out of poverty.
Tax wealth, not income.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 12:05,
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take 6% and throw in an air fryer for each poor person. those things are great
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 12:12,
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I'm inclined to agree.
I've no objection to people having a few million. I'm open to persuasion about allowing more than that - but it's on the proviso that none of it should be bequeathable. Do what you will to lead the life you want; but once you kick the bucket, it goes back to the community without which you would not have made a single penny.
On a related point, this is an interesting listen: Should we Ban Billionaires?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 12:49,
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Ok, some of their editorial is really suspect.
"Around 800 children will die of malaria today. A small group of super rich people could stop it for a sum of money so small that they would likely never even notice its absence. But they choose not to."
Well fuck. I wonder what the Gates Foundation has been doing all this time.
Oh look. www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/global-health/malaria
"To date, we have committed more than US$2.9 billion in grants to combat malaria. In addition, we have committed US$2 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. We also advocate for sustained and increased funding of malaria-related efforts by donor governments and affected countries."
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 16:43,
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Even if the claims are exaggerated the wealth disparity is ridiculous.
However they might need it when we fail to tackle climate change.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 17:09,
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Gates has an excellent publicist, but what he says about making vaccines available for all
is apparently at odds with his actions wrt the Oxford/AstraZeneca "team up."
He's a devout capitalist above all else.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 19:23,
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OK: so let's allow that Gates's heart is in the right place.
So what? It's still relying on a system in which we end up relying on the private philanthropy - for which read pet projects - of a few people whom we've allowed to become ridiculously wealthy. To say that that justifies the disparity really is straw-clutching.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 3 Mar 2021, 22:01,
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the revolution starts here
we'll destroy the rich and build a new utopia on their ashes. who's with me?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 4 Mar 2021, 2:33,
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*slowly walks back into the room, hangs pitchfork back on the rack, slumps in chair, sighs*
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 4 Mar 2021, 6:00,
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