- How do you define rich?
- By your definition, do you think it is possible to be rich without taking other people's rights? If not, why?
1: rich is a relative term, but for the sake of argument let’s say it’s if someone has had all of their basic needs met (food, shelter, healthcare), is able to pursue diversion/fulfillment outside of work, and still has enough surplus to hoard without compromising the previous two points.
2: no, it is not possible because as long as there are those who lack adequate food, shelter, or healthcare any surplus wealth should be used to either provide a path for those who are lacking to be able to obtain those necessities themselves or provide those necessities directly (especially in the case of the elderly, infirmed, and/or disabled). To do otherwise would be to deny them of their unalienable rights to life (food, shelter, healthcare) or pursuit of happiness (to live a life worth living).Anyone that has above $100,000,000 USD in wealth stole wages from multiple people, somewhere along the way.
In theory, if one was born into wealth, and was lucky as all fuck, they could "earn" enough to be flirting with $100,000,000 without underpaying anyone, but that is unlikely. A more realistic cutoff is $10,000,000 to $20,000,000
I don't envy the rich because I don't want to be an immoral piece of shit
Jodie Foster is a real one
Attacking the rich is not envy. It is self defense. The hoarding of wealth is the cause of poverty. The rich aren't just indifferent to poverty, they create and maintain it.
- J. Foster~ @ ScottImordino
~ More Perfect Union
Never before has 'I know a guy who knows a guy who has a friend that heard that this guy said this' been so well documented.
Best I have for the quote is from Snopes.com which states that this did not come from Jodie Foster. That was the last J. Foster I was expecting this to be attributed to.
Hahaha well stated though
Of course. It is an effective way to always have a huge basin of people desperate for work which you can then brutally underpay and exploit. And here's the fun part: If you underpay them enough they won't even be able to pursue better working conditions!
The US never moved on from their slave based economy mentality. They just replaced black people with poor people (who also happen to be overrepresentatingly black).
And at a certain point they probably don't even know why.
Oh they know why, they just don't care.
artificial scarcity
The only real scarcity I want to see is scarse lineups at the Rich people guillotine, because we're done. Lots of work to be done before that is accomplished.
Of course there is no need to use the guillotine because they voluntarily contribute their unimaginable wealth to helping the rest of us.
but, but StOcKS anD bOnDs!
